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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 Diamond Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Diamond Farms 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 Diamond Farms:
- 39.134830, -77.225538
- 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 Diamond Farms
- 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 Diamond Farms is near Fairfax County and also Loudoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudoun 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 Diamond Farms
Curious and Interesting Names Near Diamond Farms ...
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.
- Ancient Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ancient Oak is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oak
- Brown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Clopper
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Clopper is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopper
- Coventry
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Coventry is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Fox Chapel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fox Chapel is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chapel
- Hunting Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hunting Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hill
- Log Town ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Log Town is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
- Londonderry
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Londonderry is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Longdraft
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Longdraft is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdraft
- Nathans Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nathans Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathans Hill
- Observatory Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Observatory Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Observatory Heights
- Orchard Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Orchard Place is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Place
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Orchard Pond
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Orchard Pond is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Pond
- Parkridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Parkridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkridge
- Pleasant Fields
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Fields is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Fields
- Pleasant Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Quail Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Quail Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Quail Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Quail Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
- Stonebridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stonebridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebridge
- Walnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Walnut Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Whetstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whetstone is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
- Willow Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Ridge
How Far From Diamond Farms 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 Diamond Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Diamond Farms and extending to:
- Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Diamond Farms to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 19 miles [30.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,895 miles [9,487.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,602 miles [10,624.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,478 miles [7,206.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Diamond Farms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Diamond Farms 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 Diamond Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1348, Longitude: -77.2255 In this case, the coordinates for Diamond Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.986 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.585 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.702 degrees. |
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