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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 Discovery - Spring Garden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Discovery - Spring Garden and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Discovery - Spring Garden
- 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 Discovery - Spring Garden:
- 39.468250, -77.359422
- 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 Discovery - Spring Garden
- 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 Frederick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Since Discovery - Spring Garden is near Carroll County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Discovery - Spring Garden
Curious and Interesting Names Near Discovery - Spring Garden ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Arrowhead is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Campers Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Campers Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campers Hill
- Charlesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clover Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clover Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Cloverdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cloverview is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverview
- Colony Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Colony Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Village
- Discovery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Discovery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery
- Fountain Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fountain Rock is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Rock
- Green Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Green Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Harmony Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony Grove is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Harmony Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hill
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Hickory Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pleasant Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Heights is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Heights
- Pleasant Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Oaks is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Oaks
- Pleasant Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Retreat Grove ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Retreat Grove is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat Grove
- Scouts Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Scouts Knoll is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scouts Knoll
- Silver Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Silver Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Ten Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ten Oaks is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Oaks
- Walkersville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Workmans Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Workmans Mill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Workmans Mill
How Far From Discovery - Spring Garden 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 Discovery - Spring Garden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Discovery - Spring Garden and extending to:
- Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Discovery - Spring Garden to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 43 miles [69.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,887 miles [9,474.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Discovery - Spring Garden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Discovery - Spring Garden 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 Discovery - Spring Garden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4682, Longitude: -77.3594 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.044 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.702 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.63 degrees. |
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