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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 Wine Bel Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wine Bel Valley 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 Wine Bel Valley:
- 39.701214, -76.851088
- 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 Wine Bel Valley
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Wine Bel Valley is near York County and also Baltimore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for York County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Wine Bel Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wine Bel Valley ...
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.
- Brothers Delight
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Brothers Delight is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothers Delight
- Dug Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dug Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dug Hill
- Fiscal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fiscal is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiscal
- Forest Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Forest Knoll is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knoll
- Gunpowder Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gunpowder Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunpowder Ridge
- Happy Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Valley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Hokes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hokes is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hokes
- Holland Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holland Hills is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Hills
- Maple Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Meadow View
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Meadow View is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View
- Peaceful Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Peaceful Valley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley
- Roller
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Roller is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roller
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Royal Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Heights is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Heights
- Seven Havens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Havens is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Havens
- Sugar Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Valley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Valley
- Valley Vista
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Valley Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Vista
- Walkers Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Walkers Run is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Run
- Whispering Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whispering Valley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Valley
- Young Mans Fancy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Young Mans Fancy is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Mans Fancy
How Far From Wine Bel Valley 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 Wine Bel Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wine Bel Valley and extending to:
- Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Wine Bel Valley to Westminster, with an average speed<2> 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 53 miles [85.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 56 miles [90.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,856 miles [9,424.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,564 miles [10,563.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,440 miles [7,145.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wine Bel Valley) 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 Wine Bel Valley 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 Wine Bel Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7012, Longitude: -76.8511 In this case, the coordinates for Wine Bel Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.725 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.376 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.321 degrees. |
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