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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 Shipley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shipley 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 Shipley:
    • 39.198719, -76.656357
    • 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 Shipley
  • 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 Shipley is near Baltimore County and also Baltimore City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
  • 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 Shipley

Communities Also Named Shipley ...

We found six communities that are also named Shipley.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Shipley.

Beyond Maryland, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Carroll County
      • This Shipley is located in Carroll County and lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Shipley that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Shipley.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Story County
      • This Shipley is located in Story County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Shipley that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Story County community of Shipley.
    • Kentucky
      • Clinton County
      • This Shipley is located in Clinton County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Shipley that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Shipley.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Shipley.
    • Oregon
      • Yamhill County
      • This Shipley is located in Yamhill County and lies 2,394 miles [3,852.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Shipley that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yamhill County community of Shipley.
    • Tennessee
      • Putnam County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Shipley [Putnam County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shipley ...

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.

  • Ferndale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Furnace Branch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Furnace Branch is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Branch
  • Grove Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Grove Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Ridge
  • Harris Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Harris Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Heights
  • Heritage Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Heritage Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hill
  • Homeland Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Homeland Park is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
  • Lynnbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lynnbrook is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnbrook
  • Meadow Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Meadow Brook is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
  • Monumental
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Monumental is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monumental
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pleasantville
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Pleasantville is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
    • Rippling Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rippling Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippling Ridge
    • Stony Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Stony Run is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run
    • Twin Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Twin Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Willow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Willow is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
    • Woodlawn Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Woodlawn Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights

How Far From Shipley to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Shipley to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shipley and extending to:

  • Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Shipley to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> 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 17 miles [27.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,451 miles [7,163.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Shipley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Shipley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Shipley 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 Shipley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1987, Longitude: -76.6564       In this case, the coordinates for Shipley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.645 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.207 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.436 degrees.