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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 Maryvale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maryvale 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 Maryvale:
    • 38.797614, -76.808026
    • 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 Maryvale
  • 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 Prince George's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
    • Since Maryvale is near Anne Arundel County and also Calvert 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 Calvert 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 Maryvale

Communities Also Named Maryvale ...

We found five communities that are also named Maryvale.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Maryvale.

Beyond Maryland, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Maryvale [Montgomery County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • This Maryvale is located in Maricopa County and lies 1,992 miles [3,205.8 km]<2> to the west of the Maryvale that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Maryvale.
    • Colorado
      • Grand County
      • This Maryvale is located in Grand County and lies 1,542 miles [2,481.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Maryvale that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grand County community of Maryvale.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Maryvale lies 891 miles [1,433.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Maryvale that is located in Prince George's County.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Maryvale.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maryvale ...

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.

  • Berry Lane
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Berry Lane is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Lane
  • Brown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Brown is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
  • Fairgreen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Fairgreen is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgreen
  • Forestville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Green Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Green Landing is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Landing
  • Hollaway Estates
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hollaway Estates is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollaway Estates
  • Iron Pot Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Iron Pot Landing is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Pot Landing
  • Jenkins Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jenkins Corner is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Corner
  • Land Tree
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Land Tree is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land Tree
  • Leon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Leon is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
  • Little Washington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Washington is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Washington
  • Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadows is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Oak Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Oak Grove is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Queensland
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Queensland is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensland
    • Sunrise Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunrise Hills is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Hills
    • Windy Oaks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Windy Oaks is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Oaks
    • Woodyard
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodyard is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard

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

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

  • Upper Marlboro, which is the Seat of Prince George's County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Maryvale to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 14 miles [22.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,892 miles [9,482.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,473 miles [7,198.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Maryvale 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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Maryvale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Maryvale 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 Maryvale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7976, Longitude: -76.8080       In this case, the coordinates for Maryvale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.761 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.277 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.657 degrees.