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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 Kenwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kenwood Park 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 Kenwood Park:
    • 39.337885, -76.513297
    • 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 Kenwood Park
  • 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Since Kenwood Park is near Baltimore City and also Anne Arundel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel 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 Kenwood Park

Communities Also Named Kenwood Park ...

We found two communities that are also named Kenwood Park.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Kenwood Park.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Kenwood Park in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Montgomery County
      • This Kenwood Park is located in Montgomery County and lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kenwood Park that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Kenwood Park.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Linn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Kenwood Park [Linn County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kenwood Park ...

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.

  • Apple Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Apple Ridge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Ridge
  • Edgewater
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Edgewater is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
  • Evergreen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Evergreen is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Garden Village Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Garden Village Park is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village Park
  • Gardenville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Gardenville is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville
  • Golden Ring
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Golden Ring is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Ring
  • Goldentree
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Goldentree is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldentree
  • Goodnow Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Goodnow Hill is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnow Hill
  • Hall Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hall Spring is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Spring
  • Harborview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Harborview is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harborview
  • High Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • High Point is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Hillbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hillbrook is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillbrook
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Holland Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Holland Hills is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Hills
    • Kings Court
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Kings Court is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Court
    • Kings Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Kings Ridge is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ridge
    • Lauraville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Lauraville is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauraville
    • Maple Crest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Maple Crest is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Crest
    • Marys Choice
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Marys Choice is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Choice
    • Middlesex
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Middlesex is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
    • Necker
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Necker is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necker
    • Orangeville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Orangeville is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
    • Poplar
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Poplar is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar
    • Putty Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Putty Hill is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putty Hill
    • Ridge Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Ridge Grove is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Grove
    • Rosedale
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Silver Meadow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Silver Meadow is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Meadow
    • Stab
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Stab is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stab

How Far From Kenwood Park 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 Kenwood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Kenwood Park to Annapolis, 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 most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 41 miles [66 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,857 miles [9,425.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,562 miles [10,560.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,439 miles [7,143.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kenwood Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Kenwood Park 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.
<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 Kenwood Park 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 Kenwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3379, Longitude: -76.5133       In this case, the coordinates for Kenwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.551 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.122 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.321 degrees.