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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 Fiddlesburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fiddlesburg 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 Fiddlesburg:
- 39.657596, -77.688604
- 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 Fiddlesburg
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Fiddlesburg is near Franklin County and also Frederick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Fiddlesburg
Communities Also Named Fiddlesburg ...
We found one communities that are also named Fiddlesburg.
There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Fiddlesburg.
Beyond Maryland.
- Communities Located In Maryland ...
- Garrett 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 Maryland community of Fiddlesburg [Garrett County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fiddlesburg ...
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.
- Chewsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chewsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewsville
- Fountain Head
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fountain Head is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
- Funkstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gardenspot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gardenspot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenspot
- Hunter Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hunter Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hill
- Londontowne
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Londontowne is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londontowne
- Long Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Long Meadow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadow
- Orchard Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Hills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- Paramount
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Paramount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount
- Security
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Security is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Security
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Sycamore Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sycamore Heights is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Heights
- Terrace Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Terrace Hills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Hills
- Wood Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wood Point is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Point
How Far From Fiddlesburg 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 Fiddlesburg to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Fiddlesburg and extending to:
- Hagerstown, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Fiddlesburg to Annapolis, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 62 miles [99.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,892 miles [9,482.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,602 miles [10,624.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,478 miles [7,206.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 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 Fiddlesburg 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fiddlesburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Fiddlesburg 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 Fiddlesburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6576, Longitude: -77.6886 In this case, the coordinates for Fiddlesburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.229 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.941 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.699 degrees. |
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