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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 Osborne Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Osborne Heights 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 Osborne Heights:
- 39.184830, -76.649690
- 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 Osborne Heights
- 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 Osborne Heights is near Baltimore County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 Osborne Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Osborne Heights ...
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.
- Ferndale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Furnace Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Furnace Branch is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Branch
- Glen Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Gardens is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Gardens
- Grove Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Grove Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Ridge
- Harris Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Harris Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Heights
- Heritage Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Heritage Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hill
- Homeland Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Homeland Park is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Lynnbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lynnbrook is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnbrook
- Meadow Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meadow Brook is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Pleasantville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasantville is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Rippling Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rippling Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippling Ridge
- Stony Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stony Run is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Timber Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Timber Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Towering Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Towering Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towering Oaks
- Twin Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Twin Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Cove
- Twin Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Twin Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Willow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Willow is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Woodlawn Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woodlawn Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
How Far From Osborne Heights 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 Osborne Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Osborne Heights and extending to:
- Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Osborne Heights to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,451 miles [7,163.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Osborne Heights) 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 Osborne Heights 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 Osborne Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1848, Longitude: -76.6497 In this case, the coordinates for Osborne Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.642 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.202 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.439 degrees. |
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