Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Academy Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Academy Hills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Academy Hills
- 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 Academy Hills:
- 39.656778, -75.855217
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Academy Hills
- 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 Cecil County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cecil County
- Since Academy Hills is near New Castle County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for New Castle County
- eBird sighting report for Chester 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Academy Hills ...
We found one communities that share the name Academy Hills.
Within Maryland, the name Academy Hills is unique.
Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Academy Hills in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- El Paso 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 Colorado community of Academy Hills [El Paso County].
- Colorado
Curious and Interesting Names Near Academy Hills ...
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.
- Bank ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Boomdecker
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boomdecker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boomdecker
- Boomdecker is located in Cecil County
- Boot Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Cedar Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cedar Hill is located in Cecil County
- Cherry Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County
- Cherry Wood
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Wood
- Cherry Wood is located in Cecil County
- Childs
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Elk Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mills
- Elk Mills is located in Cecil County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Mills <3>
- Everbreeze
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Everbreeze have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everbreeze
- Everbreeze is located in Cecil County
- Forest Green Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Green Court have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green Court
- Forest Green Court is located in Cecil County
- Forest View Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest View Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View Village
- Forest View Village is located in Cecil County
- Foxcatcher at Fair Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxcatcher at Fair Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxcatcher at Fair Hill
- Foxcatcher at Fair Hill is located in Cecil County
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- Highpoint
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Iron Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Little Elkton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Elkton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elkton
- Little Elkton is located in Cecil County
- Marley Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley Village
- Marley Village is located in Cecil County
- Meadowview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Meadowview is located in Cecil County
- Mechanic Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanic Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic Valley
- Mechanic Valley is located in Cecil County
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cecil County
- Providence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Providence is located in Cecil County
- Union Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Union Valley is located in Cecil County
- Highpoint
How Far From Academy Hills 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 Academy Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Academy Hills and extending to:
- Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<4> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Academy Hills to Annapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 82 miles [132 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,815 miles [9,358.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,398 miles [7,077.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Academy Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cecil County: www.ccgov.org/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/
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 Academy Hills 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Academy Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Academy Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6568, Longitude: -75.8552 In this case, the coordinates for Academy Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Academy Hills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.137 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.703 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.912 degrees. |