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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 Nordeau, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nordeau 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 Nordeau:
- 39.151219, -76.812750
- 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 Nordeau
- 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 Howard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard County
- Since Nordeau 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 Nordeau
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nordeau ...
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.
- Bridewell ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bridewell is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridewell
- Cedars
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cedars is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
- Champion Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Champion Forest is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Forest
- Elkhorn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhorn is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Georgetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Heritage Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Heritage Woods is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
- Hopewell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Howard Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Howard Hills is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Hills
- Jessup
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Magnolia ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mission Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mission Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Heights
- River Island
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- River Island is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Island
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Robinsons Promise
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Robinsons Promise is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Promise
- Savage
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Springwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Springwood is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
- Stonebrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stonebrook is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebrook
- Woodvalley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodvalley is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodvalley
How Far From Nordeau 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 Nordeau to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nordeau and extending to:
- Ellicott City, which is the Seat of Howard County, lies just to the North.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Nordeau to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> 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 21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 5,877 miles [9,458.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,460 miles [7,177.7 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- Nordeau) 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 Nordeau 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 Nordeau. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1512, Longitude: -76.8127 In this case, the coordinates for Nordeau have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.741 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.309 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.521 degrees. |
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