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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 Longfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Longfield 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 Longfield:
- 38.436231, -76.024382
- 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 Longfield
- 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 Dorchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Since Longfield is near Talbot County and also Wicomico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico 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 Longfield
Communities Also Named Longfield ...
We found one communities that are also named Longfield.
Within Maryland, the name Longfield is unique.
Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Longfield in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Lee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Longfield [Lee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Longfield ...
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.
- Brick House Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brick House Landing is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick House Landing
- Bucktown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bucktown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Cardtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cardtown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardtown
- Cedar Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cedar Landing is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Landing
- Indianbone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Indianbone is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianbone
- Robbins
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Robbins is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Robbins Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Robbins Landing is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Landing
- Rocky Hook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hook is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hook
How Far From Longfield 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 Longfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Longfield and extending to:
- Cambridge, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Longfield to Cambridge, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 45 miles [72.4 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 63 miles [101.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full 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 5,874 miles [9,453.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,453 miles [7,166.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Longfield 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. |
| <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- Longfield) 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 Longfield 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 Longfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4362, Longitude: -76.0244 In this case, the coordinates for Longfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.327 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.728 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.473 degrees. |
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