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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 New Cut Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Cut Farms 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 New Cut Farms:
    • 39.119553, -76.651078
    • 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 New Cut 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 Anne Arundel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
    • Since New Cut Farms is near Howard County and also Baltimore City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Howard County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
  • 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 New Cut Farms

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Cut 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.

  • Chartwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Chartwood is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartwood
  • Chase Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chase Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Hill
  • Derby Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Derby Farms is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Farms
  • Dundee
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Dundee is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Fox Chase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Fox Chase is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
  • Foxhollow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Foxhollow is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhollow
  • Glen Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Glen Hollow is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hollow
  • Greentree
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Greentree is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree
  • Harpers Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Harpers Mill is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Mill
  • Hillendale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillendale is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale
  • Meadow Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Brook is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
  • Millrace
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Millrace is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrace
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Pioneer City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Pioneer City is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer City
    • Quail Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Quail Run is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
    • Redbridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Redbridge is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbridge
    • Spring Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Spring Meadows is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadows
    • Twin Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Ridge
    • Village Square
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Village Square is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Square
    • Windy Knolls
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Windy Knolls is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Knolls
    • Woods Edge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Woods Edge is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Edge
    • Woodside Square
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Woodside Square is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Square

How Far From New Cut 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 New Cut Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in New Cut Farms and extending to:

  • Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Cut Farms to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,872 miles [9,450.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,577 miles [10,584.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,454 miles [7,168 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Cut Farms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 New Cut 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 New Cut Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1196, Longitude: -76.6511       In this case, the coordinates for New Cut Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.647 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.198 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.465 degrees.