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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 Swan Villas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swan Villas 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 Swan Villas:
- 38.805117, -76.216614
- 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 Swan Villas
- 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 Talbot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot County
- Since Swan Villas is near Queen Anne's County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline 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 Swan Villas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Swan Villas ...
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.
- Anchorage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Anchorage is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Copperville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Copperville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
- Cove View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cove View is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove View
- Crescendo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crescendo is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescendo
- Grace Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grace Creek is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Creek
- Harper ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harper is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Loves Folly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Loves Folly is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Folly
- Mallard Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mallard Point is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Point
- Miles River Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Miles River Ferry is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles River Ferry
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mulberry Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mulberry Point is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Point
- Nutcracker Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nutcracker Point is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutcracker Point
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Porters Pride
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Porters Pride is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Pride
- Quail Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Quail Hollow is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
- Rays Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rays Point is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Point
- Royal Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Solitude
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Solitude is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Thanksgiving
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thanksgiving is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thanksgiving
- Unionville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Unionville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Swan Villas 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 Swan Villas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Swan Villas and extending to:
- Easton, which is the Seat of Talbot County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Swan Villas to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 44 miles [70.8 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,866 miles [9,440.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,569 miles [10,571.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,447 miles [7,156.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Swan Villas) 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 Swan Villas 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 Swan Villas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8051, Longitude: -76.2166 In this case, the coordinates for Swan Villas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.414 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.884 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.407 degrees. |
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