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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 Queen Anne Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Queen Anne Hill 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 Queen Anne Hill:
- 38.739562, -76.556902
- 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 Queen Anne Hill
- 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 Queen Anne Hill is near Calvert County and also Prince George's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert 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 Queen Anne Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Queen Anne Hill ...
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.
- Baywalker Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baywalker Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywalker Village
- Burnt Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burnt Oak is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Oak
- Fairhaven
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fairhaven is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Friendship
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Friendship Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Friendship Woods is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Woods
- Holly Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Holly Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
- Lofty Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lofty Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty Heights
- Marion Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Marion Oaks is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Oaks
- Masons Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Masons Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Beach
- Nutwell
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Nutwell is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutwell
- Paris
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Paris is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Paris Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Paris Oaks is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Oaks
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- Paris Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Paris Pines is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Pines
- Paris Poplars
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Paris Poplars is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Poplars
- Rest Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rest Haven is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
- Ridgeview
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ridgeview is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Rose Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sam Owings Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sam Owings Place is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam Owings Place
- Tall Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tall Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Oaks
- Trails
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Trails is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trails
- Tranquility
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tranquility is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Wuthering Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wuthering Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wuthering Heights
How Far From Queen Anne Hill 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 Queen Anne Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Queen Anne Hill and extending to:
- Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Queen Anne Hill 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 north northeast (NNE). 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 west northwest (WNW). 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 5,884 miles [9,469.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,587 miles [10,600.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,464 miles [7,184.1 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- Queen Anne Hill) 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 Queen Anne Hill 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 Queen Anne Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7396, Longitude: -76.5569 In this case, the coordinates for Queen Anne Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.618 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.105 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.575 degrees. |
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