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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 Evergreen Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Evergreen Hills 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 Evergreen Hills:
- 39.539825, -76.898312
- 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 Evergreen Hills
- 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 Evergreen Hills is near Baltimore County and also Frederick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Evergreen Hills
Communities Also Named Evergreen Hills ...
We found four communities that are also named Evergreen Hills.
Within Maryland, the name Evergreen Hills is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This Evergreen Hills is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Evergreen Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Evergreen Hills.
- South Carolina
- Anderson County
- This Evergreen Hills is located in Anderson County and lies 470 miles [756.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Evergreen Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Evergreen Hills.
- Virginia
- Washington County
- This Evergreen Hills is located in Washington County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Evergreen Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Evergreen Hills.
- West Virginia
- Jackson County
- This Evergreen Hills is located in Jackson County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the west of the Evergreen Hills that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Evergreen Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Evergreen Hills ...
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.
- Adams Chance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Adams Chance is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Chance
- Beaver Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Ridge
- Charolais Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Charolais Acres is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charolais Acres
- Cold Saturday
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cold Saturday is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Saturday
- Deerpark
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deerpark is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerpark
- Finksburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Finlandia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Finlandia is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finlandia
- Flagg Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Flagg Meadows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg Meadows
- Harris Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Harris Heights is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Heights
- Home Farm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Home Farm is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Farm
- Lawndale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lawndale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Lees Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lees Mill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Liberty View Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Liberty View Farms is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty View Farms
- Monarch Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Monarch Meadow is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch Meadow
- Peppermint Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peppermint Park is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppermint Park
- Pheasant Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pheasant Run is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
- Raven Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Raven Run is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
- Rebecca Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rebecca Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Ridge
- Ricketts Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ricketts Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts Ridge
- Sandyville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sandyville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
- Summer Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Summer Hills is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hills
- Tabbys Delight
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tabbys Delight is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabbys Delight
- Tannery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tannery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery
- Twin Knolls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Knolls is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Knolls
- Walnut Grove Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove Mills is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Mills
- Walnut Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Walnut Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
- Winterberry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Winterberry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterberry
- Wolf Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Hill
How Far From Evergreen Hills 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 Evergreen Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Evergreen Hills and extending to:
- Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Evergreen Hills to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 44 miles [70.8 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two 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 5,864 miles [9,437.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,572 miles [10,576.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,448 miles [7,158.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Evergreen Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Evergreen Hills 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 Evergreen Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5398, Longitude: -76.8983 In this case, the coordinates for Evergreen Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.765 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.396 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.405 degrees. |
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