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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 Suburban Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Suburban Estates 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 Suburban Estates:
- 38.257637, -76.479041
- 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 Suburban Estates
- 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 Suburban Estates 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 Suburban Estates
Communities Also Named Suburban Estates ...
We found two communities that are also named Suburban Estates.
Within Maryland, the name Suburban Estates is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Glynn County
- This Suburban Estates is located in Glynn County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Suburban Estates that is located in Saint Mary's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glynn County community of Suburban Estates.
- Paulding County
- This Suburban Estates is located in Paulding County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km] to the west southwest of the Suburban Estates that is located in Saint Mary's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Suburban Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Suburban Estates ...
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.
- Colony Square
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Colony Square is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Square
- Discovery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Discovery is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery
- Flowers of the Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Flowers of the Forest is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers of the Forest
- Friendly Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- 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 southwest)
- Greenview Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenview Knolls is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview Knolls
- Hermanville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hermanville is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermanville
- Hunting Neck Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hunting Neck Woods is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Neck Woods
- Jonestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jonestown is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stoney Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stoney Run is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Run
How Far From Suburban Estates 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 Suburban Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Suburban Estates and extending to:
- Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Suburban Estates to Leonardtown, with an average speed<3> 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 49 miles [78.9 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 53 miles [85.3 km] to the northwest (NW). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,901 miles [9,496.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,480 miles [7,209.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Suburban Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Suburban Estates 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 Suburban Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2576, Longitude: -76.4790 In this case, the coordinates for Suburban Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.603 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.015 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.729 degrees. |
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