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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 Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands
- 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 Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands:
- 39.237835, -76.653199
- 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 Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands
- 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 Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands 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 Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands ...
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.
- Cherry Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cherry Hill is located in Baltimore City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Elkridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkridge Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Elkridge Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge Heights
- English Consul
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- English Consul is located in Baltimore City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Consul
- Ferndale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Grove Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grove Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Ridge
- Harris Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Heights
- Heritage Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hill
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Homeland Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Homeland Park is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Lawyers Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lynnbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lynnbrook is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnbrook
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Minersville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Minersville is located in Baltimore City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Monumental
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Monumental is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monumental
- Pleasantville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantville is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Relay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Relay is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relay
- Spring Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Gardens is located in Baltimore City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Gardens
- Twin Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Twin Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Violetville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Willow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Woodlawn Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
How Far From Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands 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 Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands and extending to:
- Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands to Towson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 31 miles [49.9 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 over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,867 miles [9,442 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,572 miles [10,576.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,449 miles [7,160 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands) 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 Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands 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 Lansdowne - Baltimore Highlands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2378, Longitude: -76.6532 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.64 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.208 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.42 degrees. |
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