Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Glade Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glade Creek and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Glade Creek
- 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 Glade Creek:
- 39.519545, -77.343317
- 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 Glade 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:
- eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Since Glade Creek is near Carroll County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Glade Creek ...
We found three communities that share the name Glade Creek.
Within Maryland, the name Glade Creek is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Alleghany County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Glade Creek [Alleghany County].
- Tennessee
- Putnam County
- This Glade Creek is located in Putnam County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Glade Creek that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Glade Creek.
- West Virginia
- Nicholas County
- This Glade Creek is located in Nicholas County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Glade Creek that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Glade Creek.
- North Carolina
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glade 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.
- Campers Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campers Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campers Hill
- Campers Hill is located in Frederick County
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Frederick County
- Chestnut Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Chestnut Grove is located in Frederick County
- Colony Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colony Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Village
- Colony Village is located in Frederick County
- Copper Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Oaks
- Copper Oaks is located in Frederick County
- Discovery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Fairhaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Fountain Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Rock
- Fountain Rock is located in Frederick County
- Good Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Green Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Green Village is located in Frederick County
- Harmony Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hill
- Harmony Hill is located in Frederick County
- Hickory Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Hickory Hill is located in Frederick County
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- Lewistown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Liberty Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Forest
- Liberty Forest is located in Frederick County
- Locust Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Locust Grove is located in Frederick County
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Frederick County
- Pleasant Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Heights
- Pleasant Heights is located in Frederick County
- Pleasant Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Oaks
- Pleasant Oaks is located in Frederick County
- Pleasant Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Frederick County
- Quarry View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quarry View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry View
- Quarry View is located in Frederick County
- Retreat Grove ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Retreat Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat Grove
- Retreat Grove is located in Frederick County
- Scouts Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scouts Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scouts Knoll
- Scouts Knoll is located in Frederick County
- Silver Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Silver Hill is located in Frederick County
- Ten Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Troutville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Troutville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutville
- Troutville is located in Frederick County
- Walkersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
- Walkersville is located in Frederick County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,574 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walkersville <4>
- Lewistown
How Far From Glade Creek 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 Glade Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glade Creek and extending to:
- Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Glade Creek to Annapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 45 miles [72.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,884 miles [9,469.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,592 miles [10,608.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,469 miles [7,192.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Glade Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Frederick County: www.co.frederick.md.us/
The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Glade Creek 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glade Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glade Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5195, Longitude: -77.3433 In this case, the coordinates for Glade Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Glade Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.031 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.696 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.604 degrees. |