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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 Peach Blossom Farm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peach Blossom Farm 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 Peach Blossom Farm:
    • 38.615120, -76.539122
    • 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 Peach Blossom Farm
  • 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 Calvert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
    • Since Peach Blossom Farm 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 Peach Blossom Farm

Curious and Interesting Names Near Peach Blossom Farm ...

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.

  • Biglanes Choice
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Biglanes Choice is located in Calvert County
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  • Breezy Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Breezy Point is located in Calvert County
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  • Carpenter Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Carpenter Beach is located in Calvert County
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  • Christiana
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Christiana is located in Calvert County
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  • Heather Knolls
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Heather Knolls is located in Calvert County
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  • Holiday Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Holiday Beach is located in Calvert County
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  • Line Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Line Ridge is located in Calvert County
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  • Locust Grove Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Locust Grove Beach is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove Beach
  • Plum Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Plum Point is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Point
  • Sunrise
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Sunrise is located in Calvert County
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  • Sunset
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Sunset is located in Calvert County
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  • Tanglewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Tanglewood is located in Calvert County
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  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Tobacco Woods
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Tobacco Woods is located in Calvert County
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    • Tranquility
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Tranquility is located in Calvert County
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    • Willow Beach Colony
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Willow Beach Colony is located in Calvert County
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    • Willows
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Willows is located in Calvert County
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How Far From Peach Blossom Farm 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 Peach Blossom Farm to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Peach Blossom Farm and extending to:

  • Prince Frederick, which is the Seat of Calvert County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Peach Blossom Farm to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 33 miles [53.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,888 miles [9,475.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,591 miles [10,607.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,468 miles [7,190.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Peach Blossom Farm) 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 Peach Blossom Farm 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 Peach Blossom Farm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6151, Longitude: -76.5391       In this case, the coordinates for Peach Blossom Farm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.615 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.084 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.616 degrees.