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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 Daniel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Daniel 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 Daniel:
- 39.435102, -77.053592
- 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 Daniel
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Daniel is near Frederick County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick 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 Daniel
Communities Also Named Daniel ...
We found nine communities that are also named Daniel.
Within Maryland, the name Daniel is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Bryan County
- This Daniel is located in Bryan County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Daniel that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Daniel.
- Wilkes County
- This Daniel is located in Wilkes County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km] to the southwest of the Daniel that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Daniel.
- Mississippi
- Jackson 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 Mississippi community of Daniel [Jackson County].
- Smith County
- This Daniel is located in Smith County and lies 869 miles [1,398.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Daniel that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Daniel.
- South Carolina
- Edgefield 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 South Carolina community of Daniel [Edgefield County].
- Texas
- Houston 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 Texas community of Daniel [Houston County].
- Utah
- Wasatch County
- This Daniel is located in Wasatch County and lies 1,808 miles [2,909.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Daniel that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wasatch County community of Daniel.
- Virginia
- Orange County
- This Daniel is located in Orange County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Daniel that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Daniel.
- Wyoming
- Sublette County
- This Daniel is located in Sublette County and lies 1,721 miles [2,769.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Daniel that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sublette County community of Daniel.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Daniel ...
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.
- Airport Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Airport Acres is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Acres
- Bloom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bloom is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
- Chestnut Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Chestnut Oaks is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Oaks
- Cover ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cover is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cover
- Covers Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Covers Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covers Corner
- Daisy Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy Meadows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Meadows
- Day
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Day is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Gist
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gist is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gist
- Heather Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heather Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Ridge
- Heritage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Heritage is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
- Huntfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huntfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntfield
- Monks Misery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monks Misery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monks Misery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Mountain Vista
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mountain Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Vista
- New Horizons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Horizons is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Horizons
- Presidential Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Presidential Park is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presidential Park
- Red Fox Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Red Fox Meadow is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Fox Meadow
- Stone House Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stone House Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House Village
- Sun Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Valley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Sun Valley Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sun Valley Farms is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley Farms
- Sunset Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunset Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hill
- Timber Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Timber Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
How Far From Daniel 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 community such as Daniel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Daniel and extending to:
- Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Daniel to Westminster, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 37 miles [59.5 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,875 miles [9,454.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,459 miles [7,176.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Daniel) 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 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 Daniel 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 Daniel 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 Daniel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4351, Longitude: -77.0536 In this case, the coordinates for Daniel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.864 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.493 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.512 degrees. |
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