Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in The Falls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Falls and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for The Falls
- 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 The Falls:
- 39.382884, -76.671915
- 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 The Falls
- 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
- Since The Falls is near Baltimore City and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named The Falls ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name The Falls.
Within Maryland, the name The Falls is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This The Falls lies 3,334 miles [5,365.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Falls that is located in Baltimore County.
- British Columbia
- This The Falls lies 2,347 miles [3,777.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Falls that is located in Baltimore County.
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- New York
- Niagara 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 The Falls [Niagara County].
- Tompkins 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 New York community of The Falls [Tompkins County].
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This The Falls lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the The Falls that is located in Baltimore County.
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia 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 The Falls [Philadelphia County].
- Wyoming County
- This The Falls is located in Wyoming County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the The Falls that is located in Baltimore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of The Falls.
- Virginia
- Nottoway 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 Virginia community of The Falls [Nottoway County].
- Stafford County
- This The Falls is located in Stafford County and lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the The Falls that is located in Baltimore County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of The Falls.
- West Virginia
- Alaska
Curious and Interesting Names Near The Falls ...
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.
- Bare Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bare Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bare Hills
- Bare Hills is located in Baltimore County
- Bonnie Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Ridge
- Bonnie Ridge is located in Baltimore County
- Falls Gable
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls Gable have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Gable
- Falls Gable is located in Baltimore County
- Greengate
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Halcyon Gate
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halcyon Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcyon Gate
- Halcyon Gate is located in Baltimore County
- Jones Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Valley
- Jones Valley is located in Baltimore County
- Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Martins Choice
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Choice have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Choice
- Martins Choice is located in Baltimore County
- Pickwick
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rockland
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Rockland Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Run
- Rockland Run is located in Baltimore County
- Summit Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Chase
- Summit Chase is located in Baltimore County
- Summit Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Summit Park is located in Baltimore County
- Twinridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Valley Stream
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Stream have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Stream
- Valley Stream is located in Baltimore County
- Rockland
How Far From The Falls 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 The Falls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Falls and extending to:
- Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from The Falls to Annapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 38 miles [61.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,861 miles [9,432.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,568 miles [10,570.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,444 miles [7,151.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for The Falls. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Baltimore County: www.co.ba.md.us/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- The Falls) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3829, Longitude: -76.6719 In this case, the coordinates for The Falls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 The Falls, 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 The Falls 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> | 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. |
| <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 The Falls 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 307.641 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.232 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.37 degrees. |