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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 Lane Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lane Beach 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 Lane Beach:
- 38.199294, -76.565235
- 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 Lane Beach
- 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 Saint Mary's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
- Since Lane Beach is near Westmoreland County and also Calvert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 Lane Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lane Beach ...
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.
- Dukes Retreat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dukes Retreat is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes Retreat
- Great Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Acres is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Herring Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Herring Creek is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring Creek
- Laceys Venture
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Laceys Venture is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laceys Venture
- Maple Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Maple Run is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Run
- Piney Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ragged Point Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ragged Point Beach is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragged Point Beach
- Sandyland Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sandyland Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyland Beach
- Stoney Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stoney Run is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Run
- Tall Timbers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Lee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Valley Lee is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lee
- Wilderness
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilderness is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness
How Far From Lane Beach to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lane Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lane Beach and extending to:
- Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Lane Beach to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 54 miles [86.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,907 miles [9,506.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,608 miles [10,634.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,486 miles [7,219.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lane Beach) 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 Lane Beach 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 Lane Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1993, Longitude: -76.5652 In this case, the coordinates for Lane Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.657 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.067 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.787 degrees. |
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