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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 Capitol Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Capitol Hills 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 Capitol Hills:
- 39.198719, -76.616911
- 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 Capitol Hills
- 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 Anne Arundel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
- Since Capitol Hills is near Baltimore County and also Baltimore City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
- 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 Capitol Hills
Communities Also Named Capitol Hills ...
We found one communities that are also named Capitol Hills.
Within Maryland, the name Capitol Hills is unique.
Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Capitol Hills in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Leon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Capitol Hills [Leon County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Capitol Hills ...
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.
- Ferndale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Furnace Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Furnace Branch is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Branch
- Gatewater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gatewater is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatewater
- Glen Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Glen Gardens is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Gardens
- Greenlawn Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Beach
- Greenlawn Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Shores is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Shores
- Grove Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Grove Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Ridge
- Harris Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Harris Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Heights
- Heritage Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Heritage Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hill
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Homeland Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Homeland Park is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Lynnbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lynnbrook is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnbrook
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Meadow Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Brook is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Pleasantville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasantville is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Point Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Point Pleasant is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Rippling Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rippling Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippling Ridge
- Twin Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Twin Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Cove
- Twin Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Twin Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Willow
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Willow is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Woodlawn Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woodlawn Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
How Far From Capitol Hills 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 Capitol Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Capitol Hills and extending to:
- Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Capitol Hills to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,867 miles [9,442 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,572 miles [10,576.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,449 miles [7,160 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Capitol Hills 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Capitol Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Capitol Hills 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 Capitol Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1987, Longitude: -76.6169 In this case, the coordinates for Capitol Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.622 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.181 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.42 degrees. |
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