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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 Stilltown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stilltown 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 Stilltown:
- 38.476512, -76.823301
- 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 Stilltown
- 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 Charles County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles County
- Since Stilltown is near Saint Mary's County and also Calvert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert 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 Stilltown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stilltown ...
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.
- Arborview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arborview is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arborview
- Breezy Knolls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Breezy Knolls is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Knolls
- Chickasaw Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chickasaw Run is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Run
- Deer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Deer Park is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Dentsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dentsville is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dentsville
- Grosstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grosstown is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grosstown
- Hughesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Independence Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Independence Village is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
- Karen Knolls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Karen Knolls is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karen Knolls
- Mechanicsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oaks is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Redgate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Redgate is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgate
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Ridgeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ridgeview is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Serenity Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Serenity Woods is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenity Woods
- Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Walnut Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Hills is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
How Far From Stilltown 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 Stilltown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Stilltown once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Stilltown and extending to:
- La Plata, which is the Seat of Charles County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stilltown to La Plata, with an average speed<4> 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 39 miles [62.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 31 miles [49.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than an hour, a 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 5,906 miles [9,504.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,487 miles [7,221.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Stilltown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Stilltown) 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 Stilltown 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 Stilltown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4765, Longitude: -76.8233 In this case, the coordinates for Stilltown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.79 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.261 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.787 degrees. |
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