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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 Oaks of Severna Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oaks of Severna Park 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 Oaks of Severna Park:
- 39.093999, -76.569964
- 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 Oaks of Severna Park
- 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 Oaks of Severna Park is near Baltimore County and also Baltimore City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Oaks of Severna Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oaks of Severna Park ...
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.
- Captains Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Captains Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Cove
- Chartwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chartwood is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartwood
- Clearview Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clearview Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview Village
- Cool Pond
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cool Pond is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Pond
- Cypress Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Fair Winds
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fair Winds is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Winds
- Fairoaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairoaks is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks
- Foxhollow
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Foxhollow is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhollow
- Freetown Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Freetown Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Village
- Frost
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Frost is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Herald Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Herald Harbor is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald Harbor
- Hillendale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hillendale is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Holly Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Holly Point is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Point
- Indian Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Indian Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Jennings
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jennings is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Long Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Long Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill
- Longmeadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Longmeadow is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow
- Maceys Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Maceys Corner is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maceys Corner
- Marley Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marley Run is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley Run
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oak Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oak Hollow is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
- Oak Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Landing
- Pack Town
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pack Town is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pack Town
- Pine Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Crest is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Quail Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Quail Run is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Rivendell
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rivendell is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivendell
- Round Bay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Round Bay is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bay
- Royal Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Royal Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Beach
- Sandy Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sandy Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Oaks
- Smugglers Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smugglers Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smugglers Cove
- Stewarts Purchase
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stewarts Purchase is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewarts Purchase
- Sunrise Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sunrise Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach
- Sunset Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sunset Knoll is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Knoll
- Trinity Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Farms is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Farms
- Willowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Willowbrook is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Windy Knolls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Windy Knolls is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Knolls
How Far From Oaks of Severna Park 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 Oaks of Severna Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Oaks of Severna Park and extending to:
- Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Oaks of Severna Park to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 28 miles [45.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take just over 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 5,869 miles [9,445.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,451 miles [7,163.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Oaks of Severna Park) 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 Oaks of Severna Park 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 Oaks of Severna Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0940, Longitude: -76.5700 In this case, the coordinates for Oaks of Severna Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.601 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.142 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.441 degrees. |
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