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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 Wallace Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wallace 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 Wallace Estates:
- 38.751504, -76.796914
- 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 Wallace 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 Prince George's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- Since Wallace Estates is near Anne Arundel County and also Calvert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Wallace Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wallace 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.
- Fairgreen
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fairgreen is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgreen
- Hollaway Estates
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hollaway Estates is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollaway Estates
- Land Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Land Tree is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land Tree
- Maryvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maryvale is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryvale
- Queensland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Queensland is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensland
- Sunrise Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunrise Hills is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Hills
- Windy Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Windy Oaks is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Oaks
- Woodyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodyard is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
How Far From Wallace Estates 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 Wallace Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wallace Estates and extending to:
- Upper Marlboro, which is the Seat of Prince George's County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Wallace Estates to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> 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 most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,893 miles [9,483.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,475 miles [7,201.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wallace Estates) 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 Wallace 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 Wallace Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7515, Longitude: -76.7969 In this case, the coordinates for Wallace Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.758 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.266 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.67 degrees. |
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