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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 Boot Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boot Hill 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 Boot Hill:
    • 39.664556, -75.852162
    • 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 Boot Hill
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
    • Since Boot Hill is near New Castle County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Boot Hill

Communities Also Named Boot Hill ...

We found two communities that are also named Boot Hill.

Within Maryland, the name Boot Hill is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Barbour County
      • This Boot Hill is located in Barbour County and lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Boot Hill that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Boot Hill.
      • Pike 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 Alabama community of Boot Hill [Pike County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Boot Hill ...

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)
    • Bank is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank
  • Boomdecker
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Boomdecker is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boomdecker
  • Cedar Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Cherry Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Cherry Wood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cherry Wood is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Wood
  • Childs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Childs is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
  • Elk Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Everbreeze
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Everbreeze is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everbreeze
  • Forest Green Court
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Green Court is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green Court
  • Foxcatcher at Fair Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Greenridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenridge is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
  • Highpoint
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Highpoint is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Hillcrest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hillcrest is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
    • Hunting Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Hunting Hills is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
    • Iron Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Iron Hill is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
    • Marley Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Marley Village is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley Village
    • Meadowview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Meadowview is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
    • Pleasant Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Providence
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Providence is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Union Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Valley is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boot Hill 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 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Boot Hill 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 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<5> 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).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,520 miles [10,492.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,397 miles [7,076.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 from Point A (ie- Boot Hill) 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 Boot Hill 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 Boot Hill 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 Boot Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6646, Longitude: -75.8522       In this case, the coordinates for Boot Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.135 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.701 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.908 degrees.