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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 Burdette, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burdette 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 Burdette:
    • 39.199550, -77.304984
    • 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 Burdette
  • 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 Burdette ...

We found eight communities that share the name Burdette.

Within Maryland, the name Burdette is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Mississippi County
      • This Burdette is located in Mississippi County and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Burdette that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Burdette.
    • Iowa
      • Franklin County
      • This Burdette is located in Franklin County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Burdette that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Burdette.
    • Mississippi
      • Washington County
      • This Burdette is located in Washington County and lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Burdette that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Burdette.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This Burdette is located in Greene County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Burdette that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Burdette.
    • South Dakota
      • Hand County
      • This Burdette is located in Hand County and lies 1,163 miles [1,871.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Burdette that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hand County community of Burdette.
    • Texas
      • Caldwell 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 Texas community of Burdette [Caldwell County].
    • Virginia
      • Southampton County
      • This Burdette is located in Southampton County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the south of the Burdette that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Burdette.
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This Burdette is located in Greenbrier County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Burdette that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Burdette.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burdette ...

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.

  • Big Woods Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Woods Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods Acres
    • Big Woods Acres is located in Montgomery County
  • Brink
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brink have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
    • Brink is located in Montgomery County
  • Brown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
    • Brown is located in Montgomery County
  • Cedar Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Cedar Grove is located in Montgomery County
  • Clopper
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clopper have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopper
    • Clopper is located in Montgomery County
  • Coventry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
    • Coventry is located in Montgomery County
  • Dawsonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
    • Dawsonville is located in Montgomery County
  • Fountain View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain View
    • Fountain View is located in Montgomery County
  • Fox Chapel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Chapel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chapel
    • Fox Chapel is located in Montgomery County
  • Freedom Forest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freedom Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Forest
    • Freedom Forest is located in Montgomery County
  • Highview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
    • Highview is located in Montgomery County
  • Jonesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
    • Jonesville is located in Montgomery County
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Kings Square
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Square have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Square
      • Kings Square is located in Montgomery County
    • Kingsview Knolls
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsview Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsview Knolls
      • Kingsview Knolls is located in Montgomery County
    • Lees Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lees Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Corner
      • Lees Corner is located in Montgomery County
    • Liberty Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
      • Liberty Heights is located in Montgomery County
    • Longdraft
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longdraft have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdraft
      • Longdraft is located in Montgomery County
    • Miles Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miles Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Corner
      • Miles Corner is located in Montgomery County
    • Mitchells Range
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchells Range have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Range
      • Mitchells Range is located in Montgomery County
    • Orchard Place
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Place
      • Orchard Place is located in Montgomery County
    • Orchard Pond
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Pond
      • Orchard Pond is located in Montgomery County
    • Parkridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkridge
      • Parkridge is located in Montgomery County
    • Pioneer Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneer Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Hills
      • Pioneer Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Pleasant Fields
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Fields have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Fields
      • Pleasant Fields is located in Montgomery County
    • Pleasant Run
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
      • Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County
    • Quail Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
      • Quail Ridge is located in Montgomery County
    • Stronghold
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stronghold have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stronghold
      • Stronghold is located in Frederick County
    • Wildcat Forest
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • 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
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
    • Willow Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Ridge
      • Willow Ridge is located in Montgomery County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burdette and extending to:

  • Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Burdette to Rockville, with an average speed<4> 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 46 miles [74 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5,896 miles [9,488.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,603 miles [10,626.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,479 miles [7,208.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Burdette. 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Burdette) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burdette. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1996, Longitude: -77.3050       In this case, the coordinates for Burdette 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 Burdette 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 Burdette 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 308.029 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.644 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.711 degrees.









 

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