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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 Sunset Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunset Gardens 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 Sunset Gardens:
- 39.690388, -76.053004
- 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 Sunset Gardens
- 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 Cecil County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
- Since Sunset Gardens is near Chester County and also Lancaster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lancaster 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 Sunset Gardens
Communities Also Named Sunset Gardens ...
We found one communities that are also named Sunset Gardens.
Within Maryland, the name Sunset Gardens is unique.
Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Sunset Gardens in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Brevard 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 Florida community of Sunset Gardens [Brevard County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunset Gardens ...
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.
- Chrome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chrome is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome
- Clearview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clearview is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Frank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frank is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank
- Honeysuckle Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Honeysuckle Hollow is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Hollow
- Lees Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lees Mill is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
- Liberty Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Grove is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Misty Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Misty Meadows is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Meadows
- Mount Pleasant View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant View is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant View
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Orchard View
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Orchard View is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
- Pleasant View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Richards Oak
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Richards Oak is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards Oak
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Rising Sun
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Spring Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Spring Meadow is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadow
- Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sunset Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Knoll is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Knoll
- Sunview
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sunview is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunview
- Sweet Grass Meadow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sweet Grass Meadow is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Grass Meadow
- Vinegar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Vinegar Hill is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Hill
- Woodlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Zion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Zion is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
How Far From Sunset Gardens 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 Sunset Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sunset Gardens and extending to:
- Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sunset Gardens to Elkton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 75 miles [120.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,822 miles [9,369.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,405 miles [7,089.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Sunset Gardens 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunset Gardens) 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 Sunset Gardens 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 Sunset Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6904, Longitude: -76.0530 In this case, the coordinates for Sunset Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.252 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.838 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.983 degrees. |
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