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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 Carroll Knolls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carroll 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 Carroll Knolls:
    • 39.023721, -77.049700
    • 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 Carroll Knolls
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Carroll Knolls is near Prince George's County and also Arlington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Arlington 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 Carroll Knolls

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carroll 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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Burnt Mills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills
  • Burnt Mills Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Burnt Mills Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills Village
  • Chestnut Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
  • Chestnut Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
  • Chevy Chase Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Chevy Chase Lake is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase Lake
  • Chevy Chase View
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Chevy Chase View is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase View
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
  • Fairway
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fairway is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
  • Forest Glen
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Forest Glen is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
  • Forest Grove ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Forest Grove is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
  • Four Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Four Corners is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Glen Haven
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Glen Haven is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
  • Glenallen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Glenallen is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Glenview
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Glenview is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
    • Highland View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Highland View is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
    • Holiday Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Holiday Park is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
    • Homewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Homewood is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
    • Indian Spring Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Indian Spring Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Spring Village
    • Rock Creek Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rock Creek Forest is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Forest
    • Rock Creek Gardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rock Creek Gardens is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Gardens
    • Rock Creek Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Rock Creek Hills is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Hills
    • Rock Creek Knolls
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rock Creek Knolls is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Knolls
    • Rock Creek Palisades
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Rock Creek Palisades is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Palisades
    • Rollingwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rollingwood is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
    • Rosemary Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rosemary Hills is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary Hills
    • Seven Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Seven Oaks is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
    • Silver Spring
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Spring Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Silver Spring Park is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring Park
    • Woodside
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Woodside is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
    • Woodside Forest
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Woodside Forest is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Forest
    • Woodside Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Woodside Park is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Park

How Far From Carroll Knolls to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Carroll 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 Carroll Knolls and extending to:

  • Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Carroll Knolls to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is just to the south (S).
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,893 miles [9,483.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,475 miles [7,201.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Carroll Knolls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Carroll Knolls 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 Carroll Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0237, Longitude: -77.0497       In this case, the coordinates for Carroll Knolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.889 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.458 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.671 degrees.