Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Stone Farm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stone Farm and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Stone Farm

• 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 Stone Farm:
  • 38.636230, -76.635239
  • 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 Stone 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 Stone Farm is near Prince George's County and also Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel 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 Stone Farm

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stone 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.

• Camelback
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Camelback is located in Calvert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelback
• Fox Den
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Fox Den is located in Calvert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Den
• Green Meadows
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • 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 Lake
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hunting Lake is located in Calvert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Lake
• Huntingtown
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Huntingtown is located in Calvert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingtown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntingtown <1>
• Kings Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Kings Landing is located in Calvert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Landing
• Lord Calvert Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Lord Calvert Hills is located in Calvert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lord Calvert Hills
• Mill Seat
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Mill Seat is located in Calvert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Seat
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Sandy Bottom
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Sandy Bottom is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
  • Shady Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Shady Hill is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hill
  • Sherbert
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Sherbert is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherbert
  • Sleepy Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Sleepy Hollow is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleepy Hollow
  • Smoky
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Smoky is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky
  • Twin Lakes
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Twin Lakes is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes

How Far From Stone Farm 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 include the distance from a community such as Stone 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 Stone Farm and extending to:

• Prince Frederick, which is the Seat of Calvert County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Stone 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 most of 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 5,891 miles [9,480.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,594 miles [10,612 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,472 miles [7,197 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'