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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.

  • 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 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.