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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 Long Beach Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Beach Estates 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 Long Beach Estates:
- 39.312052, -76.395237
- 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 Long Beach Estates
- 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 Long Beach Estates is near Harford County and also Baltimore City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harford 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 Long Beach Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Beach Estates ...
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.
- Bowleys Quarters
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bowleys Quarters is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowleys Quarters
- Breezy Point Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Breezy Point Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Point Beach
- Cedar Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Beach
- Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chase is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Dundee Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dundee Village is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee Village
- Eagle Nest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eagle Nest is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
- Edgewater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Edgewater is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Hartland Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hartland Run is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Run
- Hartland Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hartland Village is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Village
- Holly Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Holly Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Beach
- Island View Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Island View Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View Beach
- Maple Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Crest is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Crest
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Marys Choice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marys Choice is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Choice
- Middlesex
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Middlesex is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
- Porters Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Porters Park is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Park
- Rockaway Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rockaway Beach is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Beach
- Shady Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shady Oaks is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks
- Sue Creek Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sue Creek Landing is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue Creek Landing
- Turkey Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Turkey Point is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point
How Far From Long Beach Estates 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 Long Beach Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Long Beach Estates and extending to:
- Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Long Beach Estates to Towson, with an average speed<2> 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 23 miles [37 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 44 miles [70.8 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,853 miles [9,419.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,558 miles [10,554.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,435 miles [7,137.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Long Beach Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Long Beach Estates 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 Long Beach Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3121, Longitude: -76.3952 In this case, the coordinates for Long Beach Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.483 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.041 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.281 degrees. |
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