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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 Mary E White Estate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mary E White Estate 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 Mary E White Estate:
- 38.756505, -76.656630
- 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 Mary E White Estate
- 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 Calvert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
- Since Mary E White Estate is near Anne Arundel County and also Prince George's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's 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 Mary E White Estate
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mary E White Estate ...
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.
- Baywalker Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Baywalker Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywalker Village
- Cedar Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cedar Run is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
- Cedarwood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cedarwood is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
- Darnall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Darnall is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnall
- Fox Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fox Chapel is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chapel
- Friendship
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Friendship Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Friendship Woods is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Woods
- Green Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Landing is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Landing
- Halls Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Halls Hills is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hills
- Iron Pot Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Pot Landing is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Pot Landing
- Jewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jewell is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Leon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leon is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Lofty Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lofty Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty Heights
- Mount Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Harmony is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- Nutwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nutwell is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwell
- Rustic Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rustic Knolls is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Knolls
- Tall Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tall Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Oaks
- Traceys Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Traceys Meadows is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traceys Meadows
- Tracys Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tranquility
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tranquility is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Tuckers Reach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tuckers Reach is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Reach
- Woodlawn Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Farms is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Farms
- Woodside View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Woodside View is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside View
- Wuthering Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wuthering Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wuthering Heights
How Far From Mary E White Estate 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 Mary E White Estate to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mary E White Estate and extending to:
- Prince Frederick, which is the Seat of Calvert County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mary E White Estate to Prince Frederick, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 17 miles [27.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 22 miles [35.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,887 miles [9,474.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,591 miles [10,607.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,468 miles [7,190.5 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mary E White Estate) 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 Mary E White Estate 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 Mary E White Estate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7565, Longitude: -76.6566 In this case, the coordinates for Mary E White Estate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.675 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.173 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.61 degrees. |
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