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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Iglehart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Iglehart and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Iglehart:
    • 39.011778, -76.567464
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Iglehart
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Anne Arundel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
    • Since Iglehart is near Prince George's County and also Queen Anne's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Iglehart

Communities Also Named Iglehart ...

We found two communities that are also named Iglehart.

Within Maryland, the name Iglehart is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Vanderburgh County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Iglehart [Vanderburgh County].
    • Texas
      • Travis County
      • This Iglehart is located in Travis County and lies 1,339 miles [2,154.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Iglehart that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Iglehart.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Iglehart ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Cranberry Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cranberry Woods is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Woods
  • Crownsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Downs on the Severn
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Downs on the Severn is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs on the Severn
  • Dreams Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Dreams Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreams Landing
  • Evans Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Evans Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Hill
  • Harbor Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Harbor Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Oaks
  • Herald Harbor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Herald Harbor is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald Harbor
  • Heritage Harbour
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Heritage Harbour is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Harbour
  • Hidden Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hidden Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Cove
  • Honeysuckle Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Honeysuckle Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Ridge
  • Joyce
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Joyce is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce
  • Lincoln Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Little John
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Little John is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little John
    • Maid Marion
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Maid Marion is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maid Marion
    • Oak Court
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Court is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Court
    • Parole
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Parole is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parole
    • Ravenshead
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Ravenshead is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenshead
    • Robin Hood Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Robin Hood Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hood Hill
    • Rolling Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Rolling Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Rolling Knolls
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rolling Knolls is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Knolls
    • Threemile Oak Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Threemile Oak Corner is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile Oak Corner
    • Twin Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Twin Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Hills
    • Valentine Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Valentine Creek is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine Creek
    • Whiskey Bottom
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Whiskey Bottom is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Bottom

How Far From Iglehart to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Iglehart to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Iglehart and extending to:

  • Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Iglehart to White House, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,873 miles [9,451.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,577 miles [10,584.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,454 miles [7,168 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Iglehart could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Iglehart) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Iglehart to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Iglehart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0118, Longitude: -76.5675       In this case, the coordinates for Iglehart have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.605 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.134 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.473 degrees.