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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 Brighton Knolls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brighton Knolls 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 Brighton Knolls:
- 39.186218, -77.020533
- 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 Brighton Knolls
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Brighton Knolls is near Howard County and also Prince George's 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 Prince George's 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 Brighton Knolls
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brighton Knolls ...
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.
- Cabin Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cabin Hill is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Hill
- Camelback Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Camelback Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelback Village
- Cherry Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Cherrywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cherrywood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
- Clarksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fox Pause
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fox Pause is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Pause
- Gold Mine Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gold Mine Crossing is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine Crossing
- Greene Fields
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greene Fields is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene Fields
- Hemlock Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hemlock Hill is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Hill
- Heritage Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Heritage Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holiday Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Holiday Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Holly House
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holly House is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly House
- Lime Kiln Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Kiln Valley is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Kiln Valley
- Manor Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Manor Oaks is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Oaks
- Quail Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Quail Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hill
- Sandy Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sunshine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Twelve Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twelve Hills is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Hills
- Unity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Unity is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
How Far From Brighton Knolls to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brighton Knolls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brighton Knolls and extending to:
- Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Brighton Knolls to Rockville, 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 31 miles [49.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 19 miles [30.6 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,884 miles [9,469.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,591 miles [10,607.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,467 miles [7,188.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Brighton Knolls) 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 Brighton Knolls 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 Brighton Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1862, Longitude: -77.0205 In this case, the coordinates for Brighton Knolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.861 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.451 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.595 degrees. |
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