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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 Friends Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Friends Creek 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 Friends Creek:
- 39.714540, -77.403321
- 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 Friends Creek
- 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 Friends Creek is near Adams County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Friends Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Friends Creek ...
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.
- Beartown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Beartown is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Blackberry Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blackberry Hills is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry Hills
- Browns Store ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Store is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Store
- Cascade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cascade is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Distant View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Distant View is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Distant View
- Flint
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flint is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Fountain Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fountain Dale is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Dale
- Gladhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gladhill is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladhill
- Highfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield
- Highfield - Cascade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highfield - Cascade is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield - Cascade
- Iron Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Iron Springs is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
- Jacks Mountain
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jacks Mountain is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Mountain
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Jones
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jones is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
- Longs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Longs is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs
- Lost Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lost Valley is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Valley
- Maria Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Maria Furnace is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria Furnace
- Ridgeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ridgeview is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Shanks Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shanks Mill is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanks Mill
- Silo Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Silo Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silo Hill
- Thornbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thornbrook is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornbrook
- Whispering Pines
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whispering Pines is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Friends Creek 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 Friends Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Friends Creek and extending to:
- Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Friends Creek to Frederick, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 70 miles [112.7 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 59 miles [95 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,878 miles [9,459.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,588 miles [10,602.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,463 miles [7,182.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Friends Creek) 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 Friends Creek 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 Friends Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7145, Longitude: -77.4033 In this case, the coordinates for Friends Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.054 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.752 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.553 degrees. |
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