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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 Victor Haven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Victor Haven and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Victor Haven:
    • 38.954001, -76.492738
    • 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 Victor Haven
  • 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 Anne Arundel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
    • Since Victor Haven is near Queen Anne's County and also Prince George's 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 Prince George's 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 Victor Haven

Curious and Interesting Names Near Victor Haven ...

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
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Anchorage is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
  • Captains Walk
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Captains Walk is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Walk
  • Ferry Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Ferry Farms is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Farms
  • Fishing Creek Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fishing Creek Farms is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishing Creek Farms
  • Harness Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Harness Woods is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harness Woods
  • Heritage
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Heritage is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
  • Homewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Homewood is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
  • Hunt Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hunt Meadows is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Meadows
  • Keys Farm
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Keys Farm is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys Farm
  • Kitty Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Kitty Creek is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitty Creek
  • Knightsbridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Knightsbridge is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsbridge
  • Lands End
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lands End is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lands End
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Mariners Cove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Mariners Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Cove
    • Mariners Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Mariners Point is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Point
    • Market Quay
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Market Quay is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Market Quay
    • Oakbluff
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Oakbluff is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakbluff
    • Oyster Harbor
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Oyster Harbor is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Harbor
    • Painters Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Painters Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painters Hill
    • Parole
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Parole is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parole
    • Poplar Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Poplar Point is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Point
    • Timber Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Timber Creek is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
    • Walnut Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Walnut Lake is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Lake
    • Watergate
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Watergate is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergate
    • Watergate Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Watergate Village is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergate Village

How Far From Victor Haven 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 Victor Haven to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Victor Haven and extending to:

  • Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies just to the North.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies just to the north (N).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Victor Haven to White House, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,872 miles [9,450.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,576 miles [10,583 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,453 miles [7,166.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Victor Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Victor Haven 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 Victor Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9540, Longitude: -76.4927       In this case, the coordinates for Victor Haven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.565 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.079 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.464 degrees.