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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 Piney Grove Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Piney Grove Estates 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 Piney Grove Estates:
- 38.666782, -75.854657
- 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 Piney Grove Estates
- 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 Dorchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Since Piney Grove Estates is near Caroline County and also Talbot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot 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 Piney Grove Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Piney Grove Estates ...
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.
- Bruceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bruceville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Choptank
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Choptank is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Federalsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Finchville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Holly Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Hill is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
- Jonestown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jonestown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Marshyhope Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Sandtop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandtop is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtop
- Secretary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Windyhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Windyhill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windyhill
How Far From Piney Grove Estates 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 Piney Grove Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Piney Grove Estates and extending to:
- Cambridge, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Piney Grove Estates to Cambridge, 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 four to five hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 65 miles [104.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving 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 5,857 miles [9,425.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,558 miles [10,554.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,436 miles [7,139 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Piney Grove Estates) 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 Piney Grove Estates 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 Piney Grove Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6668, Longitude: -75.8547 In this case, the coordinates for Piney Grove Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.213 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.634 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.312 degrees. |
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