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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 Loveville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Loveville 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 Loveville:
    • 38.362070, -76.683018
    • 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 Loveville
  • 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 Saint Mary's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
    • Since Loveville is near Calvert County and also Charles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charles 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 Loveville

Communities Also Named Loveville ...

We found three communities that are also named Loveville.

Within Maryland, the name Loveville is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Loveville is located in New Castle County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Loveville that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Loveville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Centre County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Loveville [Centre County].
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Loveville [Davidson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Loveville ...

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.

  • Birch Hanger
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Birch Hanger is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Hanger
  • Burning Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Burning Oaks is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Oaks
  • Burnt Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Burnt Mill is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mill
  • Helen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Helen is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
  • Holly Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Holly Oaks is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
  • Horse Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Horse Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Landing
  • Hurry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hurry is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurry
  • Land-O-Lakes
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Land-O-Lakes is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land-O-Lakes
  • Leonardtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Mount Pleasant
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Queen Tree Landing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Queen Tree Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Tree Landing
    • Summerseat
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Summerseat is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerseat
    • Summerseat Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Summerseat Village is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerseat Village
    • Tintop Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tintop Hill is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintop Hill
    • Widow Woods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Widow Woods is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widow Woods

How Far From Loveville 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 Loveville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Loveville and extending to:

  • Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Loveville to Annapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 41 miles [66 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 just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,905 miles [9,503.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,485 miles [7,217.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Loveville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Loveville 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Loveville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Loveville 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 Loveville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3621, Longitude: -76.6830       In this case, the coordinates for Loveville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.715 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.158 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.773 degrees.