Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brook Hollow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brook Hollow and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Brook Hollow
- 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 Brook Hollow:
- 39.223717, -77.133036
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Brook Hollow
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Brook Hollow is near Howard County and also Frederick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Howard County
- eBird sighting report for Frederick 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Brook Hollow ...
We found seven communities that share the name Brook Hollow.
Within Maryland, the name Brook Hollow is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- DeKalb County
- This Brook Hollow is located in DeKalb County and lies 540 miles [869 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brook Hollow that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Brook Hollow.
- Mississippi
- Hinds 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 Mississippi community of Brook Hollow [Hinds County].
- North Carolina
- Alamance County
- This Brook Hollow is located in Alamance County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Brook Hollow that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Brook Hollow.
- Forsyth County
- This Brook Hollow is located in Forsyth County and lies 279 miles [449 km] to the southwest of the Brook Hollow that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Brook Hollow.
- Ohio
- Greene 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 Brook Hollow [Greene County].
- South Carolina
- Anderson County
- This Brook Hollow is located in Anderson County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brook Hollow that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Brook Hollow.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Brook Hollow is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,838 miles [2,958 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brook Hollow that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Brook Hollow.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brook Hollow ...
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.
- Bootjack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Charlene
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Claysville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Claysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Claysville is located in Montgomery County
- Daisy Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daisy Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Woods
- Daisy Woods is located in Howard County
- Damascus Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Damascus Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus Hill
- Damascus Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Edinburgh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Flower Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flower Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
- Flower Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Hickory Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hickory Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Hickory Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hickory Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Holiday Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Holiday Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Rocky Road Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Road Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Road Park
- Rocky Road Park is located in Montgomery County
- Rolling Knolls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Knolls
- Rolling Knolls is located in Montgomery County
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- Stewart Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewart Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
- Stewart Town is located in Montgomery County
- Sunshine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Unity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Wildcat Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildcat Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat Forest
- Wildcat Forest is located in Montgomery County
- Wilderness Walk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilderness Walk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness Walk
- Wilderness Walk is located in Montgomery County
- Stewart Town
How Far From Brook Hollow 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 Brook Hollow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brook Hollow and extending to:
- Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Brook Hollow to Rockville, with an average speed<4> 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 38 miles [61.2 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 about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 23 miles [37 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,888 miles [9,475.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,594 miles [10,612 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,471 miles [7,195.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brook Hollow. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Montgomery County: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brook Hollow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brook Hollow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2237, Longitude: -77.1330 In this case, the coordinates for Brook Hollow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Brook Hollow 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Brook Hollow to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.925 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.53 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.629 degrees. |