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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 Shady Hill Farm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shady Hill Farm 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 Shady Hill Farm:
- 38.616509, -76.652462
- 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 Shady Hill Farm
- 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 Calvert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
- Since Shady Hill Farm is near Prince George's County and also Charles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles 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 Shady Hill Farm
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shady Hill Farm ...
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.
- Deep Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Deep Landing is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Landing
- Fox Den
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fox Den is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Den
- Green Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Meadows is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Holland Glenn
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Holland Glenn is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Glenn
- Hunting Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hunting Hills is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
- Hunting Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hunting Lake is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Lake
- Huntingtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kings Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kings Landing is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
- Mill Seat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mill Seat is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Seat
- New Enterprise
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Enterprise is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Quail Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Quail Ridge is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Sandy Bottom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Shady Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shady Hill is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hill
- Sherbert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sherbert is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherbert
- Sleepy Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Smoky
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smoky is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky
- Stone Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stone Farm is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Farm
How Far From Shady Hill Farm 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 Shady Hill Farm to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shady Hill Farm and extending to:
- Prince Frederick, which is the Seat of Calvert County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Shady Hill Farm to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 5,893 miles [9,483.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,473 miles [7,198.6 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- Shady Hill Farm) 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 Shady Hill Farm 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 Shady Hill Farm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6165, Longitude: -76.6525 In this case, the coordinates for Shady Hill Farm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.682 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.159 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.662 degrees. |
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