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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 Pheasant Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pheasant Ridge 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 Pheasant Ridge:
- 39.607884, -76.369961
- 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 Pheasant Ridge
- 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 Harford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
- Since Pheasant Ridge is near Montgomery County and also Baltimore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Pheasant Ridge
Communities Also Named Pheasant Ridge ...
We found one communities that are also named Pheasant Ridge.
Within Maryland, the name Pheasant Ridge is unique.
Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Pheasant Ridge in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Will County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Pheasant Ridge [Will County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pheasant Ridge ...
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.
- Cherry Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cherry Hill is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Chestnut Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Chrome Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chrome Hill is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome Hill
- Coopstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Coopstown is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopstown
- Ferncliff
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ferncliff is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncliff
- Forest Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Lake is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Frogtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Frogtown is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogtown
- Heritage Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Woods is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
- Hickory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Hill-N-Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hill-N-Dale is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill-N-Dale
- Longmeadow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Longmeadow is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow
- Mechanicsville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mechanicsville is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Michaels Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Michaels Meadows is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaels Meadows
- Minefield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Minefield is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minefield
- Pine Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Crest is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Ridgeview
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ridgeview is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Rock Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rock Spring is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Spring
- Rockridge Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rockridge Forest is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockridge Forest
- Scenic View
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Scenic View is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic View
- Seven Cedars
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Seven Cedars is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Cedars
- Stirrup Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stirrup Run is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrup Run
- Whispering Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whispering Woods is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Woods
How Far From Pheasant Ridge 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 Pheasant Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pheasant Ridge and extending to:
- Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Pheasant Ridge to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 60 miles [96.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,839 miles [9,397 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,546 miles [10,534.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,422 miles [7,116.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Pheasant Ridge could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pheasant Ridge) 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 Pheasant Ridge 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 Pheasant Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6079, Longitude: -76.3700 In this case, the coordinates for Pheasant Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.446 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.045 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.152 degrees. |
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