Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Carrs Store, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carrs Store and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Carrs Store
- 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 Carrs Store:
- 39.567327, -76.777476
- 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 Carrs Store
- 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- Since Carrs Store is near Carroll County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carrs Store ...
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.
- Boring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boring have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boring
- Boring is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boring <2>
- Butler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Cedar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Baltimore County
- Cedarbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarbrook
- Cedarbrook is located in Carroll County
- Clear View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
- Clear View is located in Carroll County
- Dover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Flickerwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flickerwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flickerwood
- Flickerwood is located in Baltimore County
- Hunter Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Green
- Hunter Green is located in Baltimore County
- Pleasant Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Baltimore County
- Pleasant Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Run have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Pleasant Run is located in Baltimore County
- Prettyboy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Prettyboy Garth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prettyboy Garth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prettyboy Garth
- Prettyboy Garth is located in Baltimore County
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- Roberts Field
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roberts Field have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Field
- Roberts Field is located in Carroll County
- Singer Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Singer Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singer Heights
- Singer Heights is located in Carroll County
- Steeplechase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steeplechase have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
- Steeplechase is located in Baltimore County
- Stringtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Stringtown is located in Baltimore County
- Wolf Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Roberts Field
How Far From Carrs Store 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 Carrs Store to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Carrs Store once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Carrs Store and extending to:
- Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Carrs Store to Towson, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 48 miles [77.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,858 miles [9,427.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,442 miles [7,148.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Baltimore County: www.co.ba.md.us/
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Carrs Store, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Carrs Store) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carrs Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5673, Longitude: -76.7775 In this case, the coordinates for Carrs Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Carrs Store to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.691 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.317 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.342 degrees. |