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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 Majors Choice, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Majors Choice 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 Majors Choice:
- 39.545941, -76.341348
- 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 Majors Choice
- 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 Harford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
- Since Majors Choice is near Montgomery County and also Baltimore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Majors Choice
Curious and Interesting Names Near Majors Choice ...
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.
- Big Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Big Woods is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods
- Camelot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Camelot is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Cedarwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cedarwood is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
- Evergreen Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Heights is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Heights
- Forest Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Forest Lake is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Forest Lawn
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Forest Lawn is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn
- Fountain Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Glen is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Glen
- Fountain Green
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fountain Green is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Green
- Fox Bow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Bow is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Bow
- Frogtown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Frogtown is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Green Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Green Ridge is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Heritage Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Heritage Woods is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Hickory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hickory is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Hickory Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hickory Hills is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hill-N-Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hill-N-Dale is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill-N-Dale
- Hillview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillview is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
- Homestead Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Homestead Village is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Village
- Howard Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Howard Park is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Park
- Joppa Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Joppa Hills is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Hills
- Locust Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Knoll is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Knoll
- Longmeadow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Longmeadow is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow
- Marywood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Marywood is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marywood
- Michaels Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Michaels Meadows is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaels Meadows
- Moorland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moorland is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorland
- Parliament Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Parliament Ridge is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parliament Ridge
- Parsons Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Parsons Ridge is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Ridge
- Pine Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pine Crest is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Rock Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Spring is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
- Sable Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sable Woods is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sable Woods
- Scots Fancy
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Scots Fancy is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scots Fancy
- Shamrock
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shamrock is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Silver Spring Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
How Far From Majors Choice 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 Majors Choice to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Majors Choice and extending to:
- Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Majors Choice to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 58 miles [93.3 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 over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,841 miles [9,400.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,547 miles [10,536.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,423 miles [7,118.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Majors Choice) 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 Majors Choice 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 Majors Choice. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5459, Longitude: -76.3413 In this case, the coordinates for Majors Choice have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.434 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.022 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.164 degrees. |
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