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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 Cherrywood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherrywood 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 Cherrywood:
    • 39.138163, -77.083034
    • 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 Cherrywood
  • 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

Communities Also Named Cherrywood ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Cherrywood.

There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Cherrywood.

Beyond Maryland, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Anne Arundel County
      • This Cherrywood is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the east of the Cherrywood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Cherrywood.
    • Prince George's County
      • This Cherrywood is located in Prince George's County and lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cherrywood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Cherrywood.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Cherrywood is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cherrywood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Cherrywood.
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb County
      • This Cherrywood is located in DeKalb County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cherrywood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Cherrywood.
      • Hall County
      • This Cherrywood is located in Hall County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km] to the southwest of the Cherrywood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Cherrywood.
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Cherrywood is located in Will County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cherrywood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Cherrywood.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • This Cherrywood is located in Camden County and lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cherrywood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Cherrywood.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Cherrywood.
    • Tennessee
      • Carroll County
      • This Cherrywood is located in Carroll County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cherrywood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Cherrywood.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Cherrywood is located in Davis County and lies 1,833 miles [2,949.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cherrywood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Cherrywood.
      • Weber County
      • This Cherrywood is located in Weber County and lies 1,832 miles [2,948.3 km] to the west northwest of the Cherrywood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Cherrywood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherrywood ...

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.

  • Beantown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beantown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beantown
    • Beantown is located in Montgomery County
  • Camelback Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camelback Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelback Village
    • Camelback Village is located in Montgomery County
  • Cherry Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
    • Cherry Valley is located in Montgomery County
  • Claysville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Claysville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
    • Claysville is located in Montgomery County
  • Edinburgh
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edinburgh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburgh
    • Edinburgh is located in Montgomery County
  • English Manor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Manor
    • English Manor is located in Montgomery County
  • Flower Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flower Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
    • Flower Hill is located in Montgomery County
  • Foxhall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxhall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
    • Foxhall is located in Montgomery County
  • Gayfields
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gayfields have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayfields
    • Gayfields is located in Montgomery County
  • Gold Mine Crossing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Mine Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine Crossing
    • Gold Mine Crossing is located in Montgomery County
  • Harmony Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hills
    • Harmony Hills is located in Montgomery County
  • Hermitage Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermitage Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Park
    • Hermitage Park is located in Montgomery County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Holiday Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
      • Holiday Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Homecrest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homecrest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecrest
      • Homecrest is located in Montgomery County
    • Manor Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Oaks
      • Manor Oaks is located in Montgomery County
    • Manor Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Park
      • Manor Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Manor Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Village
      • Manor Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Quail Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hill
      • Quail Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Rock Creek Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Village
      • Rock Creek Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Rolling Knolls
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Knolls
      • Rolling Knolls is located in Montgomery County
    • Sandy Spring
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Spring
      • Sandy Spring is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy Spring <4>
    • Silver Rock
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Rock
      • Silver Rock is located in Montgomery County
    • Sycamore Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sycamore Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Creek
      • Sycamore Creek is located in Montgomery County
    • Twin Brook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brook
      • Twin Brook is located in Montgomery County
    • Winters Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winters Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Run
      • Winters Run is located in Montgomery County

How Far From Cherrywood 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 Cherrywood to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cherrywood and extending to:

  • Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Cherrywood to Annapolis, with an average speed<5> 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 16 miles [25.7 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,889 miles [9,477.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,472 miles [7,197 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cherrywood. 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>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 from Point A (ie- Cherrywood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cherrywood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1382, Longitude: -77.0830       In this case, the coordinates for Cherrywood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Cherrywood 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.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Cherrywood 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 307.901 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.489 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.641 degrees.









 

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