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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 Longwoods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Longwoods and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Longwoods:
    • 38.858170, -76.078832
    • 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 Longwoods
  • 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 Talbot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot County
    • Since Longwoods is near Queen Anne's County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline 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 Longwoods

Communities Also Named Longwoods ...

We found one communities that are also named Longwoods.

Within Maryland, the name Longwoods is unique.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Longwoods in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Longwoods.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Longwoods ...

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.

  • Anchorage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Anchorage is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
  • Chapel Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Chapel Station is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Station
  • Chapel Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Chapel Woods is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Woods
  • Clearview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Clearview is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Copperville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Copperville is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
  • Crabapple Court
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Crabapple Court is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple Court
  • Forest Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Forest Gardens is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Gardens
  • Georgia Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Georgia Woods is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia Woods
  • Kittys Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kittys Corner is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittys Corner
  • Miles River Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Miles River Ferry is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles River Ferry
  • Mulberry Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mulberry Hill is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Hill
  • Rice Land
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Rice Land is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Land
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Riser Place
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Riser Place is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riser Place
    • Swan Haven
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Swan Haven is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Haven
    • Third Haven Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Third Haven Heights is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Haven Heights
    • Unionville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Unionville is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Walkertown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Walkertown is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkertown
    • Wye Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Wye Heights is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wye Heights
    • Wye Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Wye Landing is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wye Landing
    • Wye Mills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

How Far From Longwoods to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Longwoods to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Longwoods and extending to:

  • Easton, which is the Seat of Talbot County, lies just to the South.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Longwoods to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 51 miles [82.1 km] to the west (W). 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 most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,858 miles [9,427.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,561 miles [10,558.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,439 miles [7,143.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Longwoods 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Longwoods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Longwoods 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 Longwoods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8582, Longitude: -76.0788       In this case, the coordinates for Longwoods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.33 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.796 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.329 degrees.