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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 Radiant Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Radiant Valley 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 Radiant Valley:
- 38.936500, -76.892473
- 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 Radiant Valley
- 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 Prince George's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- Since Radiant Valley is near Montgomery County and also Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel 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 Radiant Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Radiant Valley ...
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.
- Brightseat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brightseat is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightseat
- Chapel Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Oaks is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Oaks
- Dodge Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dodge Park is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge Park
- Ducat Town
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ducat Town is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducat Town
- Huntsville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Huntsville is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Kent Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kent Village is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Village
- Kentland
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kentland is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentland
- Pepper Mill Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pepper Mill Village is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Mill Village
- Rogers Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rogers Heights is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Heights
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rolling View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling View is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling View
- Royale Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Royale Gardens is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royale Gardens
- Tuxedo
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tuxedo is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo
- Tuxedo Colony
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tuxedo Colony is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Colony
- White House Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- White House Heights is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Heights
- Woodlawn
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woodlawn is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Radiant Valley to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Radiant Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Radiant Valley and extending to:
- Upper Marlboro, which is the Seat of Prince George's County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Radiant Valley to Upper Marlboro, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 21 miles [33.8 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is just to the west southwest (WSW).
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,890 miles [9,479 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,594 miles [10,612 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,472 miles [7,197 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Radiant Valley) 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 Radiant Valley 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 Radiant Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9365, Longitude: -76.8925 In this case, the coordinates for Radiant Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.802 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.345 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.638 degrees. |
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