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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 Windcliff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Windcliff 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 Windcliff:
- 38.553455, -76.516343
- 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 Windcliff
- 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 Calvert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
- Since Windcliff is near Charles County and also Prince George's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charles 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 Windcliff
Communities Also Named Windcliff ...
We found one communities that are also named Windcliff.
Within Maryland, the name Windcliff is unique.
Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Windcliff in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Henrico County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Windcliff [Henrico County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Windcliff ...
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.
- Biglanes Choice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Biglanes Choice is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biglanes Choice
- Breezy Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Breezy Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Point
- Carpenter Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Carpenter Beach is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Beach
- Central Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Central Village is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village
- Dares ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dares is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dares
- Dares Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dares Beach is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dares Beach
- Deer Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Deer Crossing is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Crossing
- Governor Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Governor Run is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Governor Run
- Heather Knolls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Heather Knolls is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Knolls
- Lord Cecil Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lord Cecil Woods is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lord Cecil Woods
- Peach Blossom Farm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Peach Blossom Farm is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Blossom Farm
- Plum Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Plum Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Point
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Prince Frederick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Queensberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Queensberry is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensberry
- Rose Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Rosewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rosewood is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Scientists Cliffs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Scientists Cliffs is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scientists Cliffs
- Tanglewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tanglewood is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Tobacco Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tobacco Woods is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobacco Woods
- Tranquility
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tranquility is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Turkey Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Turkey Ridge is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Ridge
How Far From Windcliff 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 Windcliff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Windcliff and extending to:
- Prince Frederick, which is the Seat of Calvert County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Windcliff to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 36 miles [57.9 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 over two days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,890 miles [9,479 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,592 miles [10,608.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,470 miles [7,193.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Windcliff 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Windcliff) 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 Windcliff 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 Windcliff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5535, Longitude: -76.5163 In this case, the coordinates for Windcliff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.606 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.063 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.63 degrees. |
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