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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 Allandale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Allandale and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Allandale:
    • 39.628712, -77.064427
    • 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 Allandale
  • 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 Allandale is near Adams County and also Frederick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick 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 Allandale

Communities Also Named Allandale ...

We found nine communities that are also named Allandale.

Within Maryland, the name Allandale is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Volusia County
      • This Allandale is located in Volusia County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Allandale that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Volusia County community of Allandale.
    • Georgia
      • Banks County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Allandale [Banks County].
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Allandale [Franklin County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Allandale lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Allandale that is located in Carroll County.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Allandale [Hamilton County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Allandale.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cumberland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Allandale [Cumberland County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hawkins County
      • This Allandale is located in Hawkins County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Allandale that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Allandale.
    • Texas
      • Travis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Allandale [Travis County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Allandale ...

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.

  • Bear Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bear Run is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Run
  • Daisy Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Daisy Ridge is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Ridge
  • Fountain Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fountain Valley is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Valley
  • Hidden Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hidden Oaks is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
  • Joseph Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Joseph Meadows is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Meadows
  • Locust Neck Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Locust Neck Heights is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Neck Heights
  • Mayberry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mayberry is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry
  • Mount Pleasant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Pipe Creek Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pipe Creek Mill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipe Creek Mill
  • Shoemakers Lot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Shoemakers Lot is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers Lot
  • Silver Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Hills is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
  • Silver Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Silver Run is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Run
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Sunset Vista
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sunset Vista is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Vista
    • Union Mills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Union Mills is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
    • Uniontown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Uniontown is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Whispering Meadows
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Whispering Meadows is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Meadows
    • Wolfs Mill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wolfs Mill is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Mill

How Far From Allandale 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 Allandale to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Allandale and extending to:

  • Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Allandale to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> 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 50 miles [80.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,868 miles [9,443.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,576 miles [10,583 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,452 miles [7,164.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Allandale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Allandale 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Allandale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Allandale 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 Allandale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6287, Longitude: -77.0644       In this case, the coordinates for Allandale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.857 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.515 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.441 degrees.