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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Jackson Landing
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Jackson Landing ...
We found three communities that share the name Jackson Landing.
Within Maryland, the name Jackson Landing is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another three communities that are located throughout 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.
- Kentucky
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) - Cedarwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Darnall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Fairgreen
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Fox Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chapel
- Fox Chapel is located in Anne Arundel County
- Green Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Landing
- Green Landing is located in Prince George's County
- Halls Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hills
- Halls Hills is located in Calvert County
- Hills Landing ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Landing
- Hills Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
- Iron Pot Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Pot Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Pot Landing
- Iron Pot Landing is located in Prince George's County
- Jewell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Land Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Leon
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Continue List (7 more) ...
- Maryvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Queensland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queensland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensland
- Queensland is located in Prince George's County
- Rustic Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rustic Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Knolls
- Rustic Knolls is located in Anne Arundel County
- Sunrise Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Hills
- Sunrise Hills is located in Prince George's County
- Windy Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windy Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Oaks
- Windy Oaks is located in Prince George's County
- Woodlawn Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Farms
- Woodlawn Farms is located in Calvert County
- Woodside View
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside View
- Woodside View is located in Anne Arundel County
- Maryvale
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<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,470 miles [7,193.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jackson Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Prince George's County: www.co.pg.md.us/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/
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 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jackson Landing) to Point B.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). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Jackson Landing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.705 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.21 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.625 degrees. |