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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 The Oaks at Five Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Oaks at Five Farms and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for The Oaks at Five Farms
  • 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 The Oaks at Five Farms:
    • 39.443717, -76.653860
    • 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 The Oaks at Five 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Since The Oaks at Five Farms is near Baltimore City and also Harford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harford 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 The Oaks at Five Farms

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Oaks at Five 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.

  • Boxwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Boxwood is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxwood
  • Chapel Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Chapel Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Chapel Ridge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Ridge
  • Cockeysville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Deer Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Deer Run is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
  • Dun Rovin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Dun Rovin is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dun Rovin
  • Fallswood
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Fallswood is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallswood
  • Green Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Ridge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
  • Greenwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Greenwood is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Havenwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Havenwood is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenwood
  • Hickory Meadow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Meadow is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Meadow
  • Hillside Hunt
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hillside Hunt is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Hunt
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Hunt Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Hunt Ridge is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Ridge
    • Hunters Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Hunters Hill is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hill
    • Huntspring
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Huntspring is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntspring
    • Ivy Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Ivy Hill is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill
    • Lutherville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mays Chapel
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Mays Chapel is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Chapel
    • Meadowland
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Meadowland is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowland
    • Orchard Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Orchard Hills is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
    • Ridervale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ridervale is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridervale
    • Riderwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Riderwood is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riderwood
    • Riderwood Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Riderwood Hills is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riderwood Hills
    • Rogers ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rogers is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
    • Seminary Overlook
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Seminary Overlook is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary Overlook
    • Seminary Springs
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Seminary Springs is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary Springs
    • Sunset Knoll
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sunset Knoll is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Knoll
    • Texas
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Texas is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Valley Crest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Valley Crest is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Crest

How Far From The Oaks at Five Farms 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 The Oaks at Five Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in The Oaks at Five Farms and extending to:

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from The Oaks at Five Farms to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 42 miles [67.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,858 miles [9,427.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,441 miles [7,147.1 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 '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- The Oaks at Five Farms) 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 The Oaks at Five 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 The Oaks at Five Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4437, Longitude: -76.6539       In this case, the coordinates for The Oaks at Five Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.626 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.224 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.338 degrees.