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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 Round View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Round View 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 Round View:
- 38.998723, -76.463016
- 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 Round View
- 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 Round View is near Queen Anne's County and also Talbot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's 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 Round View
Curious and Interesting Names Near Round View ...
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.
- Admirals Walk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Admirals Walk is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admirals Walk
- Captains Choice
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Captains Choice is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Choice
- Cedarwood Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cedarwood Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood Cove
- Deer Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Deer Creek is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Dreams Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dreams Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreams Landing
- Ferry Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ferry Farms is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Farms
- Forest Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Forest Meadows is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
- Great Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Great Meadows is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Meadows
- Hickory Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Hidden Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hidden Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
- Hidden Point
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hidden Point is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Point
- Homewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Homewood is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Indian Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Landhaven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Landhaven is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landhaven
- Mariners Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mariners Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Cove
- Market Quay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Market Quay is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Market Quay
- Martins Cove Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Martins Cove Farm is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Cove Farm
- Pleasant Plains
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Providence ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Providence is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Providence Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Providence Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Cove
- Skidmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Skidmore is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skidmore
- Walnut Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Walnut Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
- Watergate Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Watergate Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergate Village
- Whispering Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Whispering Woods is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Woods
- Woods Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woods Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Landing
How Far From Round View 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 Round View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Round View and extending to:
- Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies just to the southwest (SW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Round View to White House, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,869 miles [9,445.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,450 miles [7,161.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Round View) 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 Round View 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 Round View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9987, Longitude: -76.4630 In this case, the coordinates for Round View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.545 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.063 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.434 degrees. |
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