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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 Forest Glen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest Glen 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 Forest Glen:
    • 39.014554, -77.054700
    • 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 Forest Glen
  • 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 Forest Glen ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Forest Glen.

Within Maryland, the name Forest Glen is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Trinity County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Trinity County and lies 2,431 miles [3,912.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Forest Glen that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trinity County community of Forest Glen.
    • Connecticut
      • Middlesex 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 Connecticut community of Forest Glen [Middlesex County].
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Cobb County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Forest Glen that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Forest Glen.
      • Wilcox County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Wilcox County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km] to the southwest of the Forest Glen that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilcox County community of Forest Glen.
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Forest Glen [Cook County].
    • Indiana
      • Kosciusko County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Kosciusko County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Forest Glen that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Forest Glen.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Forest Glen [Saint Tammany Parish].
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Erie County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Forest Glen that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Forest Glen.
      • Ulster County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Ulster County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the northeast of the Forest Glen that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Forest Glen.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Forest Glen lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Forest Glen that is located in Montgomery County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Monroe County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Monroe County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Forest Glen that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Forest Glen.
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Blount County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Forest Glen that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Forest Glen.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Forest Glen is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,822 miles [2,932.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Forest Glen that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Forest Glen.
    • Virginia
      • James City County
      • This Forest Glen is located in James City County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the south of the Forest Glen that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the James City County community of Forest Glen.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest Glen ...

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.

  • Chestnut Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hills
    • Chestnut Hills is located in Montgomery County
  • Chestnut Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Montgomery County
  • Chevy Chase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chevy Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase
    • Chevy Chase is located in Montgomery County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,980 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chevy Chase <5>
  • Chevy Chase Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chevy Chase Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase Lake
    • Chevy Chase Lake is located in Montgomery County
  • Chevy Chase View
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chevy Chase View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase View
    • Chevy Chase View is located in Montgomery County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
  • Fairway
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairway have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
    • Fairway is located in Montgomery County
  • Forest Grove ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
    • Forest Grove is located in Montgomery County
  • Four Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Four Corners is located in Montgomery County
  • Glen Haven
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
    • Glen Haven is located in Montgomery County
  • Glenview
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
    • Glenview is located in Montgomery County
  • Highland View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
    • Highland View is located in Montgomery County
  • Holiday Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
    • Holiday Park is located in Montgomery County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Homewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
      • Homewood is located in Montgomery County
    • Indian Spring Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Spring Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Spring Village
      • Indian Spring Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Maplewood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
      • Maplewood is located in Montgomery County
    • Rock Creek Forest
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Forest
      • Rock Creek Forest is located in Montgomery County
    • Rock Creek Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Gardens
      • Rock Creek Gardens is located in Montgomery County
    • Rock Creek Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Hills
      • Rock Creek Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Rock Creek Knolls
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Knolls
      • Rock Creek Knolls is located in Montgomery County
    • Rock Creek Palisades
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek Palisades have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Palisades
      • Rock Creek Palisades is located in Montgomery County
    • Rollingwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rollingwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
      • Rollingwood is located in Montgomery County
    • Rosedale Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Park
      • Rosedale Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Rosemary Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosemary Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary Hills
      • Rosemary Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Seven Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
      • Seven Oaks is located in Montgomery County
    • Silver Spring
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Spring Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Spring Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring Park
      • Silver Spring Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Woodside
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
      • Woodside is located in Montgomery County
    • Woodside Forest
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Forest
      • Woodside Forest is located in Montgomery County
    • Woodside Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Park
      • Woodside Park is located in Montgomery County

How Far From Forest Glen to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Forest Glen to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Forest Glen to Annapolis, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 just to the south (S).
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,893 miles [9,483.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • 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).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,476 miles [7,203.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forest Glen. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Montgomery County: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest Glen) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Forest Glen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0146, Longitude: -77.0547       In this case, the coordinates for Forest Glen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Forest Glen 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>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 Forest Glen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Forest Glen to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.893 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.46 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.676 degrees.




 

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