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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 Bartholows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bartholows 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 Bartholows:
    • 39.374259, -77.232042
    • 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 Bartholows
  • 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 Bartholows is near Montgomery County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Bartholows

Communities Also Named Bartholows ...

We found one communities that are also named Bartholows.

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

Beyond Maryland.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Washington 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 Maryland community of Bartholows [Washington County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bartholows ...

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.

  • Elliot
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Elliot is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot
  • Englandtowne
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Englandtowne is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englandtowne
  • Fountain Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fountain Mills is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Mills
  • Friendship
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Friendship is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Friendship Knolls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Friendship Knolls is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Knolls
  • Gently Savage
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gently Savage is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gently Savage
  • Harvest Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Harvest Ridge is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Ridge
  • Highview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Highview is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
  • Hoot'N Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hoot'N Hollow is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoot'N Hollow
  • Jacobs Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jacobs Run is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Run
  • Kelly Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Kelly Ridge is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Ridge
  • Meadowbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Mill Bottom
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Mill Bottom is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Bottom
    • Peace and Plenty
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Peace and Plenty is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace and Plenty
    • Rattle Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rattle Ridge is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattle Ridge
    • Rising Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Rising Ridge is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Ridge
    • Rolling Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rolling Hills is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Skyline Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Skyline Woods is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Woods
    • Stonelake
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Stonelake is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonelake
    • Sugarloaf Overlook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sugarloaf Overlook is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Overlook
    • Tranquility
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Tranquility is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
    • Treasure Mountain
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Treasure Mountain is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Mountain
    • Wolf Den Spring
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Wolf Den Spring is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Den Spring
    • Woodspring
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Woodspring is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodspring

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bartholows and extending to:

  • Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bartholows to Frederick, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 48 miles [77.2 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 34 miles [54.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,885 miles [9,471 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,593 miles [10,610.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,469 miles [7,192.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bartholows 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>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 from Point A (ie- Bartholows) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Bartholows 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 Bartholows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3743, Longitude: -77.2320    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.974 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.609 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.612 degrees.