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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 Mill Swamp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mill Swamp 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 Mill Swamp:
- 38.884558, -76.568572
- 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 Mill Swamp
- 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 Anne Arundel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
- Since Mill Swamp is near Prince George's County and also Calvert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's 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 Mill Swamp
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mill Swamp ...
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.
- Bahama View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bahama View is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bahama View
- Birdsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Birdsville is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Chalk Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chalk Point is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Point
- Chapel Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Chapel Knoll is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Knoll
- Cherry Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Point is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
- Chestnut Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
- Donovans Pier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Donovans Pier is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donovans Pier
- Edgewater Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Edgewater Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
- Felicity Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Felicity Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicity Cove
- Friends Choice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Friends Choice is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Choice
- Galesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harbor View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Harbor View is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Holly Hill Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Hill Harbor is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill Harbor
- Holly Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holly Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Landing
- Hunt Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt Chapel is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Chapel
- Kings Retreat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Retreat is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Retreat
- Londontowne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Londontowne is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londontowne
- Mayo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mayo is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Merrywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Merrywood is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywood
- Oakbluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oakbluff is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakbluff
- Pine Whiff Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Whiff Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Whiff Beach
- Ponder Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ponder Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponder Cove
- Shady Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shady Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks
- Shady Side
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Turkey Point is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point
How Far From Mill Swamp 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 Mill Swamp to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mill Swamp and extending to:
- Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Mill Swamp to White House, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,878 miles [9,459.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,582 miles [10,592.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,459 miles [7,176.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mill Swamp) 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 Mill Swamp 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 Mill Swamp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8846, Longitude: -76.5686 In this case, the coordinates for Mill Swamp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.615 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.124 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.523 degrees. |
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