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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 Tall Oak Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tall Oak Manor 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 Tall Oak Manor:
- 39.516774, -76.439685
- 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 Tall Oak Manor
- 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 Harford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
- Since Tall Oak Manor is near Baltimore County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Tall Oak Manor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tall Oak Manor ...
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.
- Cedarwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarwood is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
- Cloverdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Dunwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dunwood is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwood
- Eagle View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Eagle View is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle View
- Forest Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Franklins Chance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Franklins Chance is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklins Chance
- Gunpowder Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gunpowder Farms is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunpowder Farms
- Harvest Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Harvest Hills is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Hills
- High Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- High Point is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Hunting Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunting Ridge is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Ridge
- Jenkins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkins is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Joppa Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Joppa Hills is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Hills
- Kingswood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kingswood is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood
- Long Green Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Long Green Woods is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Green Woods
- Lynchs Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lynchs Corner is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchs Corner
- Orchard Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Lakes is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Lakes
- Parliament Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parliament Ridge is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parliament Ridge
- Pleasant Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Pleasantville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pleasantville is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Stoneybrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stoneybrook is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
- Upper Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Crossroads is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Crossroads
- White House Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- White House Park is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Park
- Willows
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Willows is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows
- Winters Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Winters Run is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Run
How Far From Tall Oak Manor 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 Tall Oak Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tall Oak Manor and extending to:
- Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Tall Oak Manor to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 53 miles [85.3 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,846 miles [9,408.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,429 miles [7,127.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tall Oak Manor) 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 Tall Oak Manor 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 Tall Oak Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5168, Longitude: -76.4397 In this case, the coordinates for Tall Oak Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.494 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.086 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.218 degrees. |
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