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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 Lodge Forest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lodge Forest 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 Lodge Forest:
- 39.220386, -76.448572
- 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 Lodge Forest
- 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 Lodge Forest is near Anne Arundel County and also Baltimore City, 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 Baltimore City
- 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 Lodge Forest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lodge Forest ...
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.
- Airport Beach ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Airport Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Beach
- Breezy Point Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Breezy Point Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Point Beach
- Cedar Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Beach
- Chase Wood Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chase Wood Run is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Wood Run
- Clear Water Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Water Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Water Beach
- Cottage Grove Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Grove Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove Beach
- Creek View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Creek View is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
- Eagle Nest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Nest is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
- Evergreen Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Park is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Park
- Fairhaven Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairhaven Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven Beach
- Graceland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Graceland is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland
- Gray Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gray Haven is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Haven
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- Greenland Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenland Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Beach
- Harborview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harborview is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harborview
- Hartland Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hartland Run is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Run
- Hartland Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hartland Village is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Village
- Hickory Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Point is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Point
- Holly Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Beach
- Island View Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Island View Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View Beach
- Lake View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lynch Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lynch Point is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Point
- Orchard Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Paradise Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Beach
- Porters Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Porters Park is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Park
- Riverview ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview is located in Baltimore City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Rock Creek Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek Park is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Park
- Rockaway Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockaway Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Beach
- Rockwood Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockwood Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Beach
- Sanders Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sanders Park is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Park
- School Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- School Gardens is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School Gardens
- Sparrows Point
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sparrows Point is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparrows Point
- Stony Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Sue Creek Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sue Creek Landing is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue Creek Landing
- Sunset Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Surfside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Surfside is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surfside
- Turkey Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Point is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point
- Wildwood Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wildwood Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Beach
How Far From Lodge Forest 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 Lodge Forest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lodge Forest and extending to:
- Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lodge Forest to Towson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 38 miles [61.2 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 over two days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,859 miles [9,429.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,564 miles [10,563.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,441 miles [7,147.1 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- Lodge Forest) 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 Lodge Forest 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 Lodge Forest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2204, Longitude: -76.4486 In this case, the coordinates for Lodge Forest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.521 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.07 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.34 degrees. |
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