Goddard
in Prince George's County of Maryland, United States
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Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (14 mi) - Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshal Airport (16 mi)
- Washington Dulles International Airport (33 mi)
- Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field (68 mi)
- New Castle Airport (82 mi)
- Harrisburg International Airport (83 mi)
- Lancaster Airport (84 mi)
- Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (85 mi)
- Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (Unesco heritage, 75 mi)
- Glenn Dale Country Club (Golf course, 3 mi)
- Country Club at Woodmore (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Cross Creek Golf Club (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Lake Arbor Country Club (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Bowie Golf & Country Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Enterprise Golf Course (Golf course, 5 mi)
- University of Maryland GC (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Patuxent Greens Country Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Gunpowder Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Langston Legacy Golf Club & Driving Range (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Anacostia Marina (marina, (10 mi)
- Buzzard Point Marina (marina, (12 mi)
- Columbia Island Marina (marina, (13 mi)
- Gangplank Marina (marina, (12 mi)
- James Creek Marina (marina, (12 mi)
- Seafairers Marina (marina, (10 mi)
- Washington Marina (marina, (12 mi)
- Joyces Marina (marina, (16 mi)
- Washington Sailing Marina (marina, (15 mi)
- Smiths Marina (marina, (15 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 38.990 and -76.853 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 38° 59' 22" and W -76° 51' 11"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - USD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Spanish, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 03:39 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: America/New_York
- UTC/GMT offset: -10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:58 am and 4:48 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -34.226 and 115.057 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Hamelin Bay - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United States.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United States. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Goddard
Goddard in Prince George's County (Maryland) with it's 6,177 inhabitants is a city in United States a little north-east of Washington DC, the country's capital.
Local time in Goddard is now 03:39 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named America / New York with an UTC offset of -5 hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Goddard, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in a distance of 14 mi (or 22 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in a distance of 75 mi (or 120 km), South-West. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. We found 10 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Upper Marlboro, Washington DC, Alexandria, Arlington and Ellicott City. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 7°C / 45 °F
| Morning Temperature | 4°C / 40 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Night Temperature | 4°C / 39 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 6% |
| Air Humidity | 66% |
| Air Pressure | 1004 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 1% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Thursday, 21st of November 2024
5°C (42 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
10°C (49 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, few clouds.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
10°C (51 °F)
6°C (44 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
DoubleTree Hotel Largo
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Greenbelt Marriott
Courtyard Greenbelt
Holiday Inn Express WASHINGTON DC - BW PARKWAY
Holiday Inn Express & Suites I-95 CAPITOL BELTWAY-LARGO
Hampton Inn - Suites Glenarden MD-Washington DC
Hampton Inn College Park
Residence Inn Greenbelt
Hilton Garden Inn Washington DC-Greenbelt
Videos from this area
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Earth Sciences precipitation models on the Hyperscreen at NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, MD
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NASA | Satellite Shows High Productivity From U.S. Corn Belt
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NASA | The MMS Mission's Unique Orbit
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111109 World from Space
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Goddard, Maryland
Goddard is an unincorporated area and former census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 5,554 at the 2000 census. The area is no longer a census-designated place as of the 2010 census.
Lanham-Seabrook, Maryland
Lanham-Seabrook was a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, in the United States, for the 2000 census. For the 2010 census, the area was delineated as two separate CDPs, Lanham and Seabrook.
Goddard Space Flight Center
The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately 6.5 miles northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. GSFC, one of ten major NASA field centers, is named in recognition of Dr. Robert H. Goddard (1882–1945), the pioneer of modern rocket propulsion in the United States.
Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Greenbelt, Maryland)
Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS), is a Maryland public magnet high school specializing in science, mathematics, technology, and engineering. The school was established in 1976 at its current location in Greenbelt, Maryland and is part of the Prince George's County Public Schools system. It was the first high school named for former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt was the county's first academic specialized high school for science and technology from its founding until 1982.
Seabrook (MARC station)
Seabrook is a station on MARC's Penn Line, a commuter rail line conntecting Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, in Seabrook, Maryland. It is located at 6221 Seabrook Road south of Lanham Severn Road in Seabrook, Maryland, although MARC gives the location as being in Lanham, Maryland. The station is unstaffed and is located at the end of a dead-end street.
Sri Siva Vishnu Temple
Sri Siva Vishnu Temple (SSVT) is a Hindu temple located in Lanham, Maryland, about 12 miles from Washington D.C. It is one of the largest temples in the United States. The actual temple construction began in 1988 and the last deity consecration took place in 2002.
DuVal High School
DuVal High School (DHS), is a public high school named in honor of Gabriel Duvall, a U.S. Representative from the second district of Maryland from November 11, 1794, to March 28, 1796, Chief Justice of the General Court of Maryland from 1796 to 1802, and First Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury from 1802 through 1811. Duvall was appointed to the United States Supreme Court to replace fellow Marylander Samuel Chase in 1811 and served until 1835, when he resigned due to old age.
Greenbelt Homes, Inc
Greenbelt Homes, Incorporated (GHI) is the housing cooperative in Greenbelt, Maryland comprising the original houses built by the US Federal Government in 1936 during the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as part of the New Deal, as well as additional defense housing built in 1941 by the Farm Security Administration, and smaller numbers of homes built later. With 1,600 homes, GHI forms the core of Old Greenbelt, and a large portion of the Greenbelt Historic District.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Goddard.
- Upper Marlboro
- Washington DC
- Alexandria
- Arlington
- Ellicott City
- Rockville
- Falls Church
- Annapolis
- Baltimore
- Fairfax
- La Plata
- Towson
- Prince Frederick
- Westminster
- Manassas Park
- Manassas
- Frederick
- Leesburg
- Leonardtown
- Bel Air
- Centreville
- King George
- Stafford
- Easton
- Chestertown
- Cambridge
- Fredericksburg
- Gettysburg
- Spotsylvania