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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 Colesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colesville 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 Colesville:
- 39.075664, -77.001921
- 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 Colesville
- 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 Colesville is near Prince George's County and also Howard 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 Howard 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 Colesville
Communities Also Named Colesville ...
We found three communities that are also named Colesville.
Within Maryland, the name Colesville is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- This Colesville is located in Sussex County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Colesville that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Colesville.
- Pennsylvania
- Lehigh County
- This Colesville is located in Lehigh County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Colesville that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Colesville.
- Virginia
- Patrick 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 Virginia community of Colesville [Patrick County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colesville ...
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 south)
- 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 south)
- Burnt Mills Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills Village
- Castlegate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Castlegate is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlegate
- Chestnut Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
- Chestnut Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Cresthaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cresthaven is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthaven
- Deer Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Deer Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Fairknoll
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fairknoll is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairknoll
- Four Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Four Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Foxhall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Foxhall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
- Gayfields
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gayfields is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayfields
- Glen Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Haven is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Glenallen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glenallen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Glenview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Good Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Good Hope is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Green Castle Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Green Castle Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Castle Woods
- Gum Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gum Springs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Harmony Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harmony Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hills
- Hermitage Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hermitage Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Park
- Hillandale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillandale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
- Hillandale Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillandale Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale Heights
- Homecrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Homecrest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecrest
- Indian Spring Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Indian Spring Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Spring Village
- Knightsbridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Knightsbridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsbridge
- Lutes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lutes is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutes
- Maydale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maydale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maydale
- Quaint Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Quaint Acres is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaint Acres
- Rocky Brook Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rocky Brook Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook Park
- Springbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Springbrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Springwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Springwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
How Far From Colesville 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 Colesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Colesville and extending to:
- Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Colesville to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 12 miles [19.3 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,888 miles [9,475.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,594 miles [10,612 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,471 miles [7,195.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Colesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Colesville 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> | 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 Colesville 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 Colesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0757, Longitude: -77.0019 In this case, the coordinates for Colesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.857 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.43 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.631 degrees. |
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