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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 Carriage Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carriage 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 Carriage Hills:
- 39.578991, -76.940813
- 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 Carriage 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Carriage Hills is near Baltimore County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- Open the eBird sighting report for York 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Carriage Hills
Communities Also Named Carriage Hills ...
We found twelve communities that are also named Carriage Hills.
There are three communities within Maryland that are also named Carriage Hills.
Beyond Maryland, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Maryland ...
- Anne Arundel County
- This Carriage Hills is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Carriage Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Carriage Hills.
- Calvert County
- This Carriage Hills is located in Calvert County and lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Carriage Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Carriage Hills.
- Howard County
- This Carriage Hills is located in Howard County and lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the south of the Carriage Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Carriage Hills.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Carriage Hills is located in Jefferson County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Carriage Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Carriage Hills.
- Mobile County
- This Carriage Hills is located in Mobile County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km] to the southwest of the Carriage Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Carriage Hills.
- Montgomery County
- This Carriage Hills is located in Montgomery County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km] to the southwest of the Carriage Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Carriage Hills.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Carriage Hills is located in Hillsborough County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Carriage Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Carriage Hills.
- Georgia
- Clarke County
- This Carriage Hills is located in Clarke County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Carriage Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Carriage Hills.
- Mississippi
- Hinds County
- This Carriage Hills is located in Hinds County and lies 899 miles [1,446.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Carriage Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Carriage Hills.
- North Carolina
- Guilford County
- This Carriage Hills is located in Guilford County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Carriage Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guilford County community of Carriage Hills.
- Tennessee
- Bradley County
- This Carriage Hills is located in Bradley County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Carriage Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Carriage Hills.
- Williamson County
- This Carriage Hills is located in Williamson County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km] to the west southwest of the Carriage Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Carriage Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carriage 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.
- Eden Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eden Farms is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Farms
- Finlandia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Finlandia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finlandia
- Harris Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Heights is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Heights
- Hillside
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hillside is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Lees Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lees Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Corner
- Maple View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maple View is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple View
- Mexico
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mexico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Mountain Lake View
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mountain Lake View is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake View
- New Mexico
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Mexico is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mexico
- Random Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Random Heights is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Heights
- Raven Run
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Raven Run is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Roseville Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roseville Heights is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville Heights
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Summer Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Summer Hills is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hills
- Tannery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tannery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery
- Velvet Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Velvet Run is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velvet Run
- Walnut Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
- Winterberry
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Winterberry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterberry
How Far From Carriage 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 Carriage Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Carriage Hills and extending to:
- Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the West.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Carriage Hills to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 47 miles [75.6 km] to the south (S). 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 shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,864 miles [9,437.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- 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).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,449 miles [7,160 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Carriage Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Carriage 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 Carriage Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5790, Longitude: -76.9408 In this case, the coordinates for Carriage Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.787 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.428 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.408 degrees. |
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