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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 Flower Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flower Hill 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 Flower Hill:
    • 39.158996, -77.172203
    • 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 Flower Hill
  • 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 Flower Hill is near Howard County and also Frederick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 Flower Hill

Communities Also Named Flower Hill ...

We found eight communities that are also named Flower Hill.

Within Maryland, the name Flower Hill is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lawrence County
      • This Flower Hill is located in Lawrence County and lies 631 miles [1,015.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Flower Hill that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Flower Hill.
    • Louisiana
      • West Feliciana Parish
      • This Flower Hill is located in West Feliciana Parish and lies 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Flower Hill that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Feliciana Parish community of Flower Hill.
    • Mississippi
      • Warren County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Flower Hill [Warren County].
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Flower Hill is located in Nassau County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Flower Hill that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Flower Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Randolph County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Flower Hill [Randolph County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Flower Hill [Delaware County].
    • Texas
      • Bastrop County
      • This Flower Hill is located in Bastrop County and lies 1,296 miles [2,085.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Flower Hill that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bastrop County community of Flower Hill.
      • Colorado County
      • Although located in Colorado County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colorado County community of Flower Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Flower Hill ...

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.

  • Brown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Brown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
  • Charlene
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Charlene is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlene
  • Claysville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Claysville is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
  • Clopper
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Clopper is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopper
  • Coventry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Coventry is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
  • Diamond Farms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Diamond Farms is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Farms
  • Edinburgh
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Edinburgh is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburgh
  • Fox Chapel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Fox Chapel is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chapel
  • Hickory Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Grove is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Kings Square
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Square is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Square
  • Log Town ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Log Town is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
  • Londonderry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Londonderry is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Nathans Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Nathans Hill is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathans Hill
    • Observatory Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Observatory Heights is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Observatory Heights
    • Orchard Place
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Orchard Place is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Place
    • Orchard Pond
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Orchard Pond is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Pond
    • Parkridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Parkridge is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkridge
    • Pleasant Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
    • Quail Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Quail Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Quail Valley is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
    • Rolling Knolls
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Rolling Knolls is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Knolls
    • Stewart Town
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Stewart Town is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
    • Walnut Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
    • Whetstone
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Whetstone is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
    • Winters Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Winters Run is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Run

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Flower Hill and extending to:

  • Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the South.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Flower Hill to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 19 miles [30.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,599 miles [10,620.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,475 miles [7,201.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Flower Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Flower Hill 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.
<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 Flower Hill 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 Flower Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1590, Longitude: -77.1722       In this case, the coordinates for Flower Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.953 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.551 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.67 degrees.