Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Clear Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clear Spring and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Clear Spring
- 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 Clear Spring:
- 39.656071, -77.931789
- 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 Clear Spring
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Clear Spring is near Berkeley County and also Morgan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Berkeley County
- eBird sighting report for Morgan 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
Communities Also Named Clear Spring ...
We found five communities that share the name Clear Spring.
Within Maryland, the name Clear Spring is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Clark County
- This Clear Spring is located in Clark County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Clear Spring that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Clear Spring.
- Indiana
- Jackson County
- This Clear Spring is located in Jackson County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the west of the Clear Spring that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Clear Spring.
- Missouri
- Carter County
- 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 Missouri community of Clear Spring [Carter County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lebanon County
- This Clear Spring is located in Lebanon County and lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clear Spring that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Clear Spring.
- York County
- This Clear Spring is located in York County and lies 53 miles [85.3 km] to the east northeast of the Clear Spring that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Clear Spring.
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clear Spring ...
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.
- Big Pool
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Pool have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pool
- Big Pool is located in Washington County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Pool <4>
- Big Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Big Spring is located in Washington County
- Cherry Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
- Cherry Run is located in Morgan County (WV)
- Dry Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Ernstville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ernstville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernstville
- Ernstville is located in Washington County
- Four Locks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Locks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Locks
- Four Locks is located in Washington County
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Georgetown is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Green Spring Furnace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Spring Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring Furnace
- Green Spring Furnace is located in Washington County
- Greenspring Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenspring Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenspring Hill
- Greenspring Hill is located in Washington County
- Indian Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Indian Springs is located in Washington County
- Little Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
- Little Georgetown is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Mountain Vistas
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Vistas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Vistas
- Mountain Vistas is located in Washington County
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- Rockdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Runners Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Runners Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runners Ferry
- Runners Ferry is located in Berkeley County (WV)
- Shady Bower
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Bower have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Bower
- Shady Bower is located in Washington County
- Two Locks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rockdale
How Far From Clear Spring to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Clear Spring to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clear Spring and extending to:
- Hagerstown, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Clear Spring to Hagerstown, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 70 miles [112.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,903 miles [9,500 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,489 miles [7,224.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clear Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washington County: www.washco-md.net/
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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clear Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clear Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6561, Longitude: -77.9318 |
| <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 Clear Spring 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 Clear Spring 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 308.375 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.107 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.805 degrees. |