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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 Fairknoll, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fairknoll 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 Fairknoll:
- 39.076220, -76.982754
- 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 Fairknoll
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Fairknoll is near Prince George's County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 Fairknoll
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairknoll ...
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.
- Burnt Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Burnt Mills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills
- Burnt Mills Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Mills Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills Village
- Castlegate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Castlegate is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlegate
- Cresthaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cresthaven is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthaven
- Deer Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Deer Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Gayfields
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gayfields is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayfields
- Glenallen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glenallen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
- Good Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Good Hope is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Green Castle Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Castle Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Castle Woods
- Gum Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gum Springs is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Hillandale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillandale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
- Hillandale Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillandale Forest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale Forest
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Hillandale Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillandale Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale Heights
- Knightsbridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Knightsbridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsbridge
- Lutes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lutes is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutes
- Maydale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Maydale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maydale
- Quaint Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Quaint Acres is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaint Acres
- Rocky Brook Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rocky Brook Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook Park
- Saddle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saddle Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Creek
- Springbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Springbrook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
- Springwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Springwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
How Far From Fairknoll 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 Fairknoll to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Fairknoll and extending to:
- Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Fairknoll to Rockville, 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 27 miles [43.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 12 miles [19.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,888 miles [9,475.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,593 miles [10,610.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,470 miles [7,193.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Fairknoll) 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 Fairknoll 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 Fairknoll. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0762, Longitude: -76.9828 In this case, the coordinates for Fairknoll have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.846 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.417 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.622 degrees. |
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