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Tidbits & Trivia
Introduction ...
Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Solley Heights.
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Solley Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Solley Heights 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 Solley Heights:
- 39.147887, -76.571631<1>
- 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 Solley Heights
- 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 Solley Heights is near Baltimore City and also Baltimore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Solley Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Solley Heights ...
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.
- Beauty Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Beauty Beach is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty Beach
- Clear Water Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Water Beach is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Water Beach
- Clearview Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clearview Village is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview Village
- Dundee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dundee is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Elizabeths Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Elizabeths Landing is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeths Landing
- Foremans Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Foremans Corner is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foremans Corner
- Fox Chase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Chase is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
- Freetown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Freetown is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Freetown Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Freetown Village is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Village
- Gatewater
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gatewater is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewater
- Glen Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Gardens is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Gardens
- Glen Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Hollow is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hollow
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- Green Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Green Haven is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Greenland Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenland Beach is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Beach
- Greenlawn Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn Beach is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Beach
- Greenlawn Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn Shores is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Shores
- High Point
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- High Point is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Hillside Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hillside Park is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Park
- Long Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Long Hill is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill
- Marley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Marley is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley
- Marley Park Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Marley Park Beach is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley Park Beach
- Marley Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Marley Run is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley Run
- Orchard Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Point Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Point Pleasant is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Rock Creek Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek Landing is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Landing
- Rock Hill Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill Beach is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Beach
- Rockhill Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rockhill Beach is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhill Beach
- Sandy Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sandy Oaks is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Oaks
- Silver Sands
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Silver Sands is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Sands
- Stonehaven
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stonehaven is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehaven
- Stoney View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stoney View is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney View
- Sun Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sun Valley is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Sunset Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sunset Beach is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Timber Glade
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Timber Glade is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Glade
- Towering Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Towering Oaks is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towering Oaks
- Twin Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Cove is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Cove
- Twin Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Twin Ridge is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Ridge
- View Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- View Point is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View Point
- Willowbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willowbrook is also located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
How Far From Solley Heights 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 included the distance from a community such as Solley Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Solley Heights and extending to:
- Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Solley Heights to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> 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 12 miles [19.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,867 miles [9,442 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,572 miles [10,576.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,449 miles [7,160 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
| <1> | GPS Coordinates for Solley Heights:
Decimal: 39.14788, -76.571631
DDMMSS: 39° 8' 52", -76° 34' 17" |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Solley Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Solley Heights 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 Solley Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1479, Longitude: -76.5716 In this case, the coordinates for Solley Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.598 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.147 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.421 degrees. |
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