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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 Eleven Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eleven Meadows 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 Eleven Meadows:
- 39.685377, -77.131928
- 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 Eleven Meadows
- 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 Eleven Meadows is near Adams County and also Frederick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick 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 Eleven Meadows
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eleven Meadows ...
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.
- Cloverberry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverberry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverberry
- Copperfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Copperfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Copperville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Copperville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
- Fairground Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairground Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairground Village
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Green Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Meadows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Hidden Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hidden Oaks is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
- Hoot'N Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hoot'N Hollow is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoot'N Hollow
- Kingsdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kingsdale is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
- Longs Mountain View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Longs Mountain View is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Mountain View
- Longville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Longville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- Mayberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mayberry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Meadow Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Brook is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Piney Creek ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Piney Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Creek
- Pipe Creek Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pipe Creek Mill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipe Creek Mill
- Rising Sun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rising Sun is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Roberts Mill Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roberts Mill Run is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Mill Run
- Stumptown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stumptown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Walnut Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Wheatfields
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatfields is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfields
- Wolfs Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wolfs Mill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Mill
How Far From Eleven Meadows 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 Eleven Meadows to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Eleven Meadows and extending to:
- Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Eleven Meadows to Westminster, with an average speed<2> 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 59 miles [95 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 about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 54 miles [86.9 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,868 miles [9,443.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,577 miles [10,584.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,453 miles [7,166.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eleven Meadows) 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 Eleven Meadows 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 Eleven Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6854, Longitude: -77.1319 In this case, the coordinates for Eleven Meadows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.894 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.565 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.448 degrees. |
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