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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 Winans, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winans 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 Winans:
- 39.230385, -76.691914
- 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 Winans
- 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- Since Winans is near Anne Arundel County and also Howard 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 Howard 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 Winans
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winans ...
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.
- Asylum ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Asylum is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asylum
- Cherry Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Hill is located in Baltimore City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Elkridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Elkridge Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Elkridge Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkridge Heights
- English Consul
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- English Consul is located in Baltimore City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Consul
- Grove Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grove Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Ridge
- Homeland Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Homeland Park is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Lawyers Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lawyers Hill is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers Hill
- Lynnbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lynnbrook is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnbrook
- Marble Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marble Hill is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hill
- Minersville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Minersville is located in Baltimore City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
- Monumental
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Monumental is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monumental
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Orange Grove ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Orange Grove is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Paradise
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Quail Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Ridge is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Relay
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Relay is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relay
- Rockburn Commons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockburn Commons is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockburn Commons
- Spring Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Gardens is located in Baltimore City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Gardens
- Stony Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stony Run is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run
- Timberview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Timberview is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberview
- Twin Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Violetville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Violetville is located in Baltimore City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violetville
- Woodlawn Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
How Far From Winans 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 Winans 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<2> community of Winans once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Winans and extending to:
- Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Winans to Towson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,869 miles [9,445.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,451 miles [7,163.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Winans, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Winans) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Winans 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 Winans. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2304, Longitude: -76.6919 In this case, the coordinates for Winans have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.664 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.234 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.439 degrees. |
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