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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 Gently Savage, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gently Savage 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 Gently Savage:
- 39.333160, -77.275262
- 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 Gently Savage
- 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 Gently Savage is near Montgomery County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Gently Savage
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gently Savage ...
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.
- Big Woods Estates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Big Woods Estates is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods Estates
- Englandtowne
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Englandtowne is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englandtowne
- Fountain Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fountain Mills is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Mills
- Friendship
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Friendship is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Green Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Green Hills is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
- Green Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Valley is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Hickory Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hickory Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Highview
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Highview is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
- Land of Promise
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Land of Promise is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Promise
- Meadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Meadowbrook is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Pleasant Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Quail Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Quail Run is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rolling Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Green is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Green
- Stonelake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stonelake is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonelake
- Sugarloaf Overlook
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sugarloaf Overlook is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Overlook
- Sunnybrook Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sunnybrook Farms is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook Farms
- Tranquility
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tranquility is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Wolf Den Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wolf Den Spring is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Den Spring
How Far From Gently Savage 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 Gently Savage to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Gently Savage and extending to:
- Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gently Savage 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 48 miles [77.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 32 miles [51.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two 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 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,473 miles [7,198.6 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 from Point A (ie- Gently Savage) 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 Gently Savage 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 Gently Savage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3332, Longitude: -77.2753 In this case, the coordinates for Gently Savage have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.003 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.635 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.647 degrees. |
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