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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 Amberly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amberly 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 Amberly:
    • 39.373993, -76.937478
    • 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 Amberly
  • 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 Amberly is near Howard County and also Baltimore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 Amberly

Communities Also Named Amberly ...

We found three communities that are also named Amberly.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Amberly.

Beyond Maryland, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Anne Arundel County
      • This Amberly is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Amberly that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Amberly.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Franklin 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 Ohio community of Amberly [Franklin County].
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham 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 Virginia community of Amberly [Rockingham County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Amberly ...

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.

  • Bonnie Brae
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Bonnie Brae is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
  • Eldersburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Fairhaven
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Fairhaven is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
  • Forest Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Oaks is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
  • Freedom Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Freedom Forest is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Forest
  • Freedom Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Freedom Village is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Village
  • Grand View
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Grand View is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
  • Harvest Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Harvest Farms is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Farms
  • Hawk Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hawk Ridge is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Ridge
  • Heritage Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Heritage Farms is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Farms
  • Hilltop
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hilltop is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Indian Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Indian Hill is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Liberty Lake Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Liberty Lake Hills is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Lake Hills
    • Liberty Manor
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Liberty Manor is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Manor
    • Long Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Long Meadows is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadows
    • Oklahoma
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Oklahoma is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
    • Patriots Choice
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Patriots Choice is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patriots Choice
    • Piney Ridge Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Piney Ridge Village is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge Village
    • Squires
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Squires is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires
    • Sweet Air
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Sweet Air is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Air
    • Waters Edge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Waters Edge is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Edge

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

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

  • Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Amberly to Westminster, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 36 miles [57.9 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 33 miles [53.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,873 miles [9,451.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,580 miles [10,589.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,456 miles [7,171.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Amberly) 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 Amberly 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Amberly 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 Amberly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3740, Longitude: -76.9375       In this case, the coordinates for Amberly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.799 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.41 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.487 degrees.