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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 Worthington Club Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Worthington Club Estates and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Worthington Club Estates
  • 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 Worthington Club Estates:
    • 39.467883, -76.735808
    • 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 Worthington Club 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Since Worthington Club Estates is near Carroll County and also Baltimore City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
  • 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 Worthington Club Estates

Curious and Interesting Names Near Worthington Club 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.

  • Autumn Wind
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Autumn Wind is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autumn Wind
  • Big Spring
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Big Spring is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
  • Cave Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cave Valley is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Valley
  • Caves Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Caves Park is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caves Park
  • Chestnut Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
  • Hickory Meadow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Meadow is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Meadow
  • Hunt Cup Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hunt Cup Hill is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cup Hill
  • Hunters Glen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hunters Glen is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Glen
  • Jonathans Delight
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jonathans Delight is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathans Delight
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Valley Brook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Valley Brook is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Brook
    • Valley Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Valley Hills is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills
    • Velvet Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Velvet Hills is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velvet Hills
    • Velvet Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Velvet Ridge is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velvet Ridge
    • Velvet Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Velvet Valley is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velvet Valley
    • Waterspout
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Waterspout is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterspout

How Far From Worthington Club Estates 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 Worthington Club 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 Worthington Club Estates and extending to:

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Worthington Club Estates to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 42 miles [67.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,861 miles [9,432.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,444 miles [7,151.9 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- Worthington Club 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 Worthington Club 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 Worthington Club Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4679, Longitude: -76.7358       In this case, the coordinates for Worthington Club Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.673 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.281 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.364 degrees.