Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Elmer, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elmer and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Elmer
- 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 Elmer:
- 39.136217, -77.483599
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Elmer
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Elmer is near Loudoun County and also Frederick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Loudoun County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Elmer ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Elmer.
Within Maryland, the name Elmer is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Lafourche Parish
- This Elmer is located in Lafourche Parish and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Elmer that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafourche Parish community of Elmer.
- Rapides Parish
- This Elmer is located in Rapides Parish and lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km] to the west southwest of the Elmer that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Elmer.
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Clay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Elmer [Clay County].
- Saint Louis County
- This Elmer is located in Saint Louis County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Elmer that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Elmer.
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Lenoir County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Elmer [Lenoir County].
- Yancey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Elmer [Yancey County].
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elmer ...
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.
- Big Woods Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Woods Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods Acres
- Big Woods Acres is located in Montgomery County
- Edwards Ferry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwards Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Ferry
- Edwards Ferry is located in Montgomery County
- Elizabeths Delight
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeths Delight have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeths Delight
- Elizabeths Delight is located in Montgomery County
- Goresville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goresville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goresville
- Goresville is located in Loudoun County (VA)
- Graves
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Jerusalem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Jonesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Jonesville is located in Montgomery County
- Leesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Leesburg is located in Loudoun County (VA)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,488 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leesburg <4>
- Martinsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Martinsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Natural Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natural Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natural Woods
- Natural Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Potomac Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potomac Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac Crossing
- Potomac Crossing is located in Loudoun County (VA)
- Sugarland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - University Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Center
- University Center is located in Loudoun County (VA)
How Far From Elmer to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Elmer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Elmer and extending to:
- Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Elmer to Rockville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 54 miles [86.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,906 miles [9,504.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,490 miles [7,226 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Elmer. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Montgomery County: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Elmer 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. |
| <2> | 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- Elmer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elmer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1362, Longitude: -77.4836 In this case, the coordinates for Elmer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Elmer to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.139 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.759 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.811 degrees. |