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As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Burnt Mills Knolls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnt Mills Knolls 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 Burnt Mills Knolls:
    • 39.031498, -76.987754
    • 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 Burnt Mills Knolls
  • 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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnt Mills 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.

  • Burnt Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills
    • Burnt Mills is located in Montgomery County
  • Burnt Mills Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Mills Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills Village
    • Burnt Mills Village is located in Montgomery County
  • Chestnut Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
    • Chestnut Hills is located in Montgomery County
  • Chestnut Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Montgomery County
  • Cresthaven
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cresthaven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthaven
    • Cresthaven is located in Montgomery County
  • Fairway
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
    • Fairway is located in Montgomery County
  • Four Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Four Corners is located in Montgomery County
  • Glen Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
    • Glen Haven is located in Montgomery County
  • Glenview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
    • Glenview is located in Montgomery County
  • Highland View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
    • Highland View is located in Montgomery County
  • Hillandale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillandale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
    • Hillandale is located in Montgomery County
  • Hillandale Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillandale Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale Forest
    • Hillandale Forest is located in Montgomery County
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    • Hillandale Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillandale Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale Heights
      • Hillandale Heights is located in Montgomery County
    • Indian Spring Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Spring Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Spring Village
      • Indian Spring Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Quaint Acres
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quaint Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaint Acres
      • Quaint Acres is located in Montgomery County
    • Rocky Brook Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Brook Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook Park
      • Rocky Brook Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Seven Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
      • Seven Oaks is located in Montgomery County
    • Springbrook
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
      • Springbrook is located in Montgomery County
    • Springwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
      • Springwood is located in Montgomery County
    • Woodside Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Forest
      • Woodside Forest is located in Montgomery County
    • Woodside Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Park
      • Woodside Park is located in Montgomery County

How Far From Burnt Mills 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 Burnt Mills 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 Burnt Mills Knolls and extending to:

  • Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Burnt Mills 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 26 miles [41.8 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 9 miles [14.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,890 miles [9,479 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,472 miles [7,197 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Burnt Mills Knolls. 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>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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burnt Mills Knolls) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burnt Mills Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0315, Longitude: -76.9878       In this case, the coordinates for Burnt Mills Knolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Burnt Mills Knolls to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.852 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.417 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.642 degrees.









 

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