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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 Jackson Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jackson Landing and the surrounding area.
- 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 Jackson Landing:
- 38.772893, -76.709966
- 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 Jackson Landing
- 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 Prince George's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- Since Jackson Landing is near Anne Arundel County and also Calvert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert 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 Jackson Landing
Communities Also Named Jackson Landing ...
We found three communities that are also named Jackson Landing.
Within Maryland, the name Jackson Landing is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Gallatin 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 Kentucky community of Jackson Landing [Gallatin County].
- Louisiana
- Madison Parish
- This Jackson Landing is located in Madison Parish and lies 940 miles [1,512.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Jackson Landing that is located in Prince George's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison Parish community of Jackson Landing.
- Mississippi
- Hancock County
- This Jackson Landing is located in Hancock County and lies 939 miles [1,511.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Jackson Landing that is located in Prince George's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Jackson Landing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jackson Landing ...
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.
- Cedar Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Run is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
- Cedarwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarwood is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
- Darnall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Darnall is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnall
- Fairgreen
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fairgreen is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgreen
- Fox Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Chapel is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chapel
- Green Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Green Landing is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Landing
- Halls Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Halls Hills is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hills
- Hills Landing ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hills Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Landing
- Iron Pot Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Iron Pot Landing is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Pot Landing
- Jewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jewell is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Land Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Land Tree is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land Tree
- Leon
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Leon is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Maryvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Maryvale is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryvale
- Queensland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Queensland is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensland
- Rustic Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rustic Knolls is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Knolls
- Sunrise Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunrise Hills is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Hills
- Windy Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Windy Oaks is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Oaks
- Woodlawn Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Farms is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Farms
- Woodside View
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woodside View is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside View
How Far From Jackson Landing 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 Jackson Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jackson Landing and extending to:
- Upper Marlboro, which is the Seat of Prince George's County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Jackson Landing to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 19 miles [30.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,889 miles [9,477.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,592 miles [10,608.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,470 miles [7,193.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Jackson Landing 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Jackson Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Jackson Landing 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 Jackson Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7729, Longitude: -76.7100 In this case, the coordinates for Jackson Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.705 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.21 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.625 degrees. |
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