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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 Appolds, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Appolds 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 Appolds:
    • 39.627321, -77.321652
    • 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 Appolds
  • 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 Frederick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
    • Since Appolds is near Carroll County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Appolds

Communities Also Named Appolds ...

We found one communities that are also named Appolds.

Within Maryland, the name Appolds is unique.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Appolds in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Rockbridge 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 Virginia community of Appolds [Rockbridge County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Appolds ...

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.

  • Bruceville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bruceville is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
  • Bullock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bullock is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
  • Detour
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Detour is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detour
  • Distant View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Distant View is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Distant View
  • Fourpoints
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Fourpoints is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourpoints
  • Free Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Free Farms is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Farms
  • Glass
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Glass is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
  • Good Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Good Hill is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hill
  • Graceham
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Graceham is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceham
  • Jimtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jimtown is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • Jones
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jones is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
  • Ladiesburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ladiesburg is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiesburg
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Longs ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Longs is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs
    • Quarry View
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Quarry View is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry View
    • Ridgeview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ridgeview is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
    • Rocky Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Thornbrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Thornbrook is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornbrook
    • Whispering Pines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Whispering Pines is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
    • Wolfs Den
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Wolfs Den is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Den

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Appolds and extending to:

  • Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Appolds to Frederick, 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 63 miles [101.4 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 about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 52 miles [83.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over 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 5,878 miles [9,459.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,587 miles [10,600.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,463 miles [7,182.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Appolds 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Appolds) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Appolds 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 Appolds. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6273, Longitude: -77.3217       In this case, the coordinates for Appolds have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.011 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.689 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.552 degrees.