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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 Five Forks Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Five Forks Estates 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 Five Forks Estates:
- 39.554266, -77.500821
- 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 Five Forks Estates
- 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 Frederick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Since Five Forks Estates is near Washington County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Five Forks Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Five Forks Estates ...
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.
- Fishers Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fishers Hollow is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Hollow
- Five Forks
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Five Forks is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Harmony Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony Knolls is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Knolls
- Harp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harp is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Heatherview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Heatherview is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherview
- Highfields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Highfields is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfields
- Highland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Jerusalem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jerusalem is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Leisure Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Leisure Mountain is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Mountain
- Lewistown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lewistown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Lost Eden
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lost Eden is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Eden
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Meadow Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Ridge is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Ridge
- Meeting House Overlook
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Middlepoint
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Middlepoint is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlepoint
- Pleasant Walk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Walk is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Walk
- Shady Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Grove is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sunday
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunday is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunday
- Turkey Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Hill
- Vista Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vista Farms is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Farms
- Wolfsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfsville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfsville
- Woodland Way
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woodland Way is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Way
How Far From Five Forks Estates 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 Five Forks Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Five Forks Estates and extending to:
- Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Five Forks Estates to Frederick, 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 67 miles [107.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 51 miles [82.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,889 miles [9,477.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,474 miles [7,200.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Five Forks Estates) 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 Five Forks Estates 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 Five Forks Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5543, Longitude: -77.5008 In this case, the coordinates for Five Forks Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.123 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.805 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.658 degrees. |
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