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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 Marling Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marling Farms 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 Marling Farms:
- 38.932614, -76.265786
- 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 Marling Farms
- 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 Queen Anne's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's County
- Since Marling Farms is near Talbot County and also Kent 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 Kent 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 Marling Farms
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marling Farms ...
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.
- Chester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverfields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverfields is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverfields
- Dominion
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dominion is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
- Harborview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harborview is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harborview
- Island View
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Island View is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Kangaroo Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kangaroo Beach is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kangaroo Beach
- Kent Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kent Cove is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cove
- Kent Narrows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
- Kentwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kentwood is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentwood
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Narrows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Perrys Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Perrys Corner is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
- Sharktown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sharktown is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharktown
- Shipping Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shipping Creek is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipping Creek
- Stevensville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Walnut Shores is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shores
How Far From Marling Farms 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 Marling Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Marling Farms and extending to:
- Centreville, which is the Seat of Queen Anne's County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Marling Farms to Centreville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 41 miles [66 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 just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,863 miles [9,435.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,566 miles [10,567 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,444 miles [7,151.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Marling Farms) 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 Marling Farms 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 Marling Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9326, Longitude: -76.2658 In this case, the coordinates for Marling Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.434 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.926 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.377 degrees. |
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