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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 Finksburg, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Finksburg and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Finksburg:
    • 39.492881, -76.889423
    • 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 Finksburg
  • 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 Finksburg is near Baltimore County and also Howard 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 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 Finksburg

Communities Also Named Finksburg ...

We found one communities that are also named Finksburg.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Finksburg.

Beyond Maryland.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Allegany 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 Finksburg [Allegany County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Finksburg ...

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.

  • Beaver Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Beaver Ridge is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Ridge
  • Charolais Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Charolais Acres is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charolais Acres
  • Cold Saturday
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cold Saturday is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Saturday
  • Flagg Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Flagg Meadows is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg Meadows
  • Glen Falls
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Glen Falls is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Falls
  • Green Hill Farm
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Green Hill Farm is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Farm
  • Home Farm
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Home Farm is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Farm
  • Lawndale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lawndale is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
  • Liberty View Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Liberty View Farms is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty View Farms
  • Pheasant Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pheasant Run is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
  • Red Oak Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Red Oak Hills is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak Hills
  • Ricketts Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Ricketts Ridge is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts Ridge
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Sandyville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandyville is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
    • Twin Knolls
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • 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 northwest)
      • Walnut Grove Mills is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Mills
    • Woodleaf
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Woodleaf is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf

How Far From Finksburg 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 Finksburg to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Finksburg and extending to:

  • Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 41 miles [66 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Finksburg 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 just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 41 miles [66 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 just about two full 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 5,866 miles [9,440.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,450 miles [7,161.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Finksburg 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Finksburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Finksburg 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 Finksburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4929, Longitude: -76.8894       In this case, the coordinates for Finksburg have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.763 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.387 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.42 degrees.