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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 Sunny Isle of Kent, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunny Isle of Kent 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 Sunny Isle of Kent:
- 38.934558, -76.358567
- 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 Sunny Isle of Kent
- 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 Queen Anne's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's County
- Since Sunny Isle of Kent is near Anne Arundel County and also Talbot County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot 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 Sunny Isle of Kent
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunny Isle of Kent ...
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.
- Chester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crosswinds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Crosswinds is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosswinds
- Dominion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dominion is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
- Harborview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harborview is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harborview
- Island View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Island View is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Kangaroo Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kangaroo Beach is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kangaroo Beach
- Kent Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kent Cove is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cove
- Kent Timbers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kent Timbers is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Timbers
- Kentwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kentwood is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentwood
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Paradise Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Paradise Island is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Island
- Romancoke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Romancoke is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romancoke
- Sharktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharktown is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharktown
- Shipping Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Shipping Creek is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipping Creek
- Stevensville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Walnut Shores is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shores
How Far From Sunny Isle of Kent 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 Sunny Isle of Kent to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sunny Isle of Kent and extending to:
- Centreville, which is the Seat of Queen Anne's County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sunny Isle of Kent to Centreville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 36 miles [57.9 km] to the west (W). 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 shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,448 miles [7,158.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunny Isle of Kent) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sunny Isle of Kent 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 Sunny Isle of Kent. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9346, Longitude: -76.3586 In this case, the coordinates for Sunny Isle of Kent have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.488 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.988 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.415 degrees. |
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