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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 Smallet Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Smallet Manor 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 Smallet Manor:
- 38.675396, -76.579403
- 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 Smallet Manor
- 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 Smallet Manor is near Anne Arundel County and also Prince George's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel 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 Smallet Manor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Smallet Manor ...
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.
- Annie Hall
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Annie Hall is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annie Hall
- Barefoot Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Barefoot Park is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barefoot Park
- Camelback
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Camelback is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelback
- Dory Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dory Court is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dory Court
- Hickory Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hickory Hills is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Lord Calvert Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lord Calvert Hills is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lord Calvert Hills
- Marion Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Marion Oaks is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Oaks
- Meadow Run Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Meadow Run Park is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Run Park
- Mount Harmony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Harmony is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- Paris
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Paris is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Paris Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Paris Oaks is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Oaks
- Paris Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Paris Pines is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Pines
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- Paris Poplars
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Paris Poplars is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Poplars
- Persimmon Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Persimmon Hills is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persimmon Hills
- Poplars
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Poplars is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplars
- Ridgeview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ridgeview is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Sleepy Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sleepy Hollow is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
- Summer City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Summer City is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Sycamore Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sycamore Ridge is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Ridge
- Tuckers Reach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tuckers Reach is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Reach
- Twin Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
How Far From Smallet Manor 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 Smallet Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Smallet Manor and extending to:
- Prince Frederick, which is the Seat of Calvert County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Smallet Manor to Prince Frederick, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 21 miles [33.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,887 miles [9,474.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,590 miles [10,605.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,468 miles [7,190.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Smallet Manor) 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 Smallet Manor 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 Smallet Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6754, Longitude: -76.5794 In this case, the coordinates for Smallet Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.635 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.115 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.609 degrees. |
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