Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Browns Store, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Browns Store and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Browns Store
- 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 Browns Store:
- 39.672041, -77.498878
- 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 Browns Store
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Browns Store is near Frederick County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Browns Store ...
We found two communities that share the name Browns Store.
Within Maryland, the name Browns Store is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Carroll County
- This Browns Store is located in Carroll County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Browns Store that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Browns Store.
- Northumberland County
- This Browns Store is located in Northumberland County and lies 139 miles [223.7 km] to the south southeast of the Browns Store that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Browns Store.
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Browns Store ...
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.
- Altogether
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altogether have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altogether
- Altogether is located in Frederick County
- Beartown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Beartown is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Cascade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Cavetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
- Cavetown is located in Washington County
- Distant View
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Distant View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Distant View
- Distant View is located in Frederick County
- Flint
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Fountain Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Dale
- Fountain Dale is located in Adams County (PA)
- Foxville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Friends Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friends Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Creek
- Friends Creek is located in Frederick County
- Gladhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Greenvale Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenvale Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Village
- Greenvale Village is located in Washington County
- Havenwood Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Havenwood Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenwood Hills
- Havenwood Hills is located in Washington County
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Highfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Highfield - Cascade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield - Cascade
- Highfield - Cascade is located in Washington County
- Holiday Farms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Farms
- Holiday Farms is located in Washington County
- Jugtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Leisure Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisure Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Mountain
- Leisure Mountain is located in Frederick County
- Lost Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Valley
- Lost Valley is located in Frederick County
- Pondsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondsville
- Pondsville is located in Washington County
- Poplar Knob
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Knob have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Knob
- Poplar Knob is located in Frederick County
- Ridgeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Roadside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Rocky Forge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Forge
- Rocky Forge is located in Washington County
- Whispering Pines
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whispering Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Whispering Pines is located in Frederick County
- Highfield
How Far From Browns Store 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 Browns Store to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Browns Store once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Browns Store and extending to:
- Hagerstown, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Browns Store to Hagerstown, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 72 miles [115.9 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 58 miles [93.3 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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,469 miles [7,192.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Washington County: www.washco-md.net/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/
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- Browns Store) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Browns Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6720, Longitude: -77.4989 In this case, the coordinates for Browns Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Browns Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Browns Store to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.114 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.813 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.611 degrees. |