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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 Stoney Run, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stoney Run 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 Stoney Run:
- 38.215959, -76.488565
- 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 Stoney Run
- 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 Saint Mary's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
- Since Stoney Run is near Calvert County and also Westmoreland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland 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 Stoney Run
Communities Also Named Stoney Run ...
We found one communities that are also named Stoney Run.
There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Stoney Run.
Beyond Maryland.
- Communities Located In Maryland ...
- Anne Arundel County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Stoney Run [Anne Arundel County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stoney Run ...
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.
- Cedar Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cedar Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Landing
- Colony Square
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Colony Square is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Square
- Discovery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Discovery is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery
- Dukes Retreat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dukes Retreat is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes Retreat
- Dutchmans Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dutchmans Cove is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchmans Cove
- Flowers of the Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flowers of the Forest is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers of the Forest
- Forest Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Park is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Friendly Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Friendly Pines is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Pines
- Great Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenview Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greenview Knolls is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview Knolls
- Hermanville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hermanville is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermanville
- Herring Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Herring Creek is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring Creek
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Hunting Neck Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hunting Neck Woods is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Neck Woods
- Jonestown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jonestown is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Lane Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lane Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Beach
- Laurel Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Laurel Run is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Run
- Leachburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Leachburg is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachburg
- Maple Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Run is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Run
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Tall Timbers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Lee
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Valley Lee is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lee
How Far From Stoney Run 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 Stoney Run to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Stoney Run and extending to:
- Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stoney Run to Leonardtown, 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 52 miles [83.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 55 miles [88.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,903 miles [9,500 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,603 miles [10,626.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,482 miles [7,213.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Stoney Run 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. |
| <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' (or 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- Stoney Run) 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 Stoney Run 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 Stoney Run. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2160, Longitude: -76.4886 In this case, the coordinates for Stoney Run have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.611 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.018 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.749 degrees. |
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