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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 Tome Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tome 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 Tome Estates:
- 39.693165, -76.056615
- 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 Tome 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 Cecil County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
- Since Tome Estates 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 Tome Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tome 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.
- 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 north)
- 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
- Mount Pleasant View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Rising Sun
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Spring Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- 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 Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sunset Gardens is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Gardens
- 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 southwest)
- 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
How Far From Tome 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 Tome Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Tome Estates and extending to:
- Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tome Estates to Elkton, with an average speed<3> 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<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- 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).<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 '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- Tome Estates) 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 Tome 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 Tome Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6932, Longitude: -76.0566 In this case, the coordinates for Tome Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.254 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.84 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.983 degrees. |
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