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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 Ellerslie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ellerslie and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Ellerslie:
    • 39.720642, -78.774186
    • 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 Ellerslie
  • 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 Allegany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
    • Since Ellerslie is near Bedford County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bedford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Ellerslie

Communities Also Named Ellerslie ...

We found nine communities that are also named Ellerslie.

Within Maryland, the name Ellerslie is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Pasco County
      • This Ellerslie is located in Pasco County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Ellerslie that is located in Allegany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasco County community of Ellerslie.
    • Georgia
      • Harris County
      • This Ellerslie is located in Harris County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ellerslie that is located in Allegany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Ellerslie.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Mary Parish
      • This Ellerslie is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 1,001 miles [1,611 km]<1> to the southwest of the Ellerslie that is located in Allegany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Ellerslie.
    • Missouri
      • Callaway County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ellerslie [Callaway County].
    • New York
      • Columbia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Ellerslie [Columbia County].
      • Ulster County
      • This Ellerslie is located in Ulster County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ellerslie that is located in Allegany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Ellerslie.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bedford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ellerslie [Bedford County].
      • Bucks County
      • This Ellerslie is located in Bucks County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<1> to the east of the Ellerslie that is located in Allegany County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Ellerslie.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Ellerslie lies 882 miles [1,419.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ellerslie that is located in Allegany County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ellerslie ...

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.

  • Cooks Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cooks Mills is located in Bedford County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
  • Dickens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Dickens is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickens
  • Georges Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Georges Creek is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Creek
  • Homewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Homewood is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
  • Lap
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lap is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lap
  • Locust Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Locust Grove is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Lucas Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lucas Heights is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Heights
  • Mount Savage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mount Savage Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Mount Savage Junction is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Savage Junction
  • Narrows Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Narrows Park is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows Park
  • Pleasant Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Pleasant Union
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Union is located in Somerset County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Union
  • Shanty Town ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Shanty Town is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
  • Stringtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Stringtown is located in Bedford County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown

How Far From Ellerslie 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 Ellerslie to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ellerslie and extending to:

  • Cumberland, which is the Seat of Allegany County, lies just to the South.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Ellerslie to Annapolis, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 108 miles [173.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,935 miles [9,551.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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- Ellerslie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ellerslie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Ellerslie 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Ellerslie 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 Ellerslie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7206, Longitude: -78.7742       In this case, the coordinates for Ellerslie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.879 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.689 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.147 degrees.