Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Underwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Underwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Underwood
- 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 Underwood:
- 38.507067, -76.751077
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Underwood
- 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 Saint Mary's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
- Since Underwood is near Charles County and also Calvert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Charles County
- eBird sighting report for Calvert 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Underwood ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Underwood.
Within Maryland, the name Underwood is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lauderdale County
- This Underwood is located in Lauderdale County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Underwood that is located in Saint Mary's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Underwood.
- Shelby County
- This Underwood is located in Shelby County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km] to the west southwest of the Underwood that is located in Saint Mary's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Underwood.
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Doniphan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Underwood [Doniphan County].
- Greeley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Underwood [Greeley County].
- Michigan
- Alger County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Underwood [Alger County].
- Ingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Underwood [Ingham County].
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ontario
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Macon County
- This Underwood is located in Macon County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<1> to the west of the Underwood that is located in Saint Mary's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Underwood.
- Sevier County
- This Underwood is located in Sevier County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km] to the west southwest of the Underwood that is located in Saint Mary's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Underwood.
- Texas
- Washington
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Underwood ...
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.
- Arborview
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Breezy Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breezy Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Knolls
- Breezy Knolls is located in Saint Mary's County
- Chickasaw Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chickasaw Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Run
- Chickasaw Run is located in Saint Mary's County
- Hidden River
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden River have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden River
- Hidden River is located in Saint Mary's County
- Hughesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughesville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
- Hughesville is located in Charles County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hughesville <5>
- Huntersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Huntersville is located in Saint Mary's County
- Independence Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
- Independence Village is located in Charles County
- Karen Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Karen Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karen Knolls
- Karen Knolls is located in Charles County
- Loves
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Rustic Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rustic Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Hills
- Rustic Hills is located in Saint Mary's County
- Walnut Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
- Walnut Hills is located in Charles County
How Far From Underwood 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 Underwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Underwood once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Underwood and extending to:
- Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Underwood to Leonardtown, with an average speed<6> 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 four to five hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 31 miles [49.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,902 miles [9,498.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,604 miles [10,628.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,482 miles [7,213.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Saint Mary's County: www.co.saint-marys.md.us/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Underwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Underwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5071, Longitude: -76.7511 In this case, the coordinates for Underwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Underwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Underwood 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Underwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.746 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.216 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.745 degrees. |