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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 Gorsuch, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gorsuch 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 Gorsuch:
    • 39.358438, -76.941367
    • 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 Gorsuch
  • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Gorsuch is near Howard County and also Baltimore 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 Baltimore 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 Gorsuch

Communities Also Named Gorsuch ...

We found one communities that are also named Gorsuch.

Within Maryland, the name Gorsuch is unique.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Gorsuch in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Huntingdon 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 Pennsylvania community of Gorsuch [Huntingdon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gorsuch ...

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.

  • Alpha
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Alpha is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Bonnie Brae
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Bonnie Brae is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
  • Candlewick
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Candlewick is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewick
  • Driver
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Driver is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
  • Eldersburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Emerald Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Emerald Valley is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Valley
  • Fairhaven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairhaven is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
  • Forest Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Oaks is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
  • Freedom
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Freedom is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Freedom Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Freedom Forest is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Forest
  • Freedom Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Freedom Village is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Village
  • Grand View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Grand View is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Harvest Farms
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Harvest Farms is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Farms
    • Hawk Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hawk Ridge is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Ridge
    • Heritage Farms
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Heritage Farms is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Farms
    • Hilltop
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Hilltop is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Hoods Mill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Hoods Mill is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Mill
    • Indian Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Indian Hill is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
    • Liberty Lake Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Liberty Lake Hills is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Lake Hills
    • Liberty Manor
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Liberty Manor is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Manor
    • Long Meadows
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Long Meadows is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadows
    • Oklahoma
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Oklahoma is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma
    • Piney Ridge Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Piney Ridge Village is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Ridge Village
    • Rolling Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rolling Hills is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Slacks Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Slacks Corner is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slacks Corner
    • Squires
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Squires is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires
    • Sweet Air
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sweet Air is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Air
    • Waters Edge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Waters Edge is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Edge

How Far From Gorsuch to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Gorsuch once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Gorsuch and extending to:

  • Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gorsuch to Westminster, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 32 miles [51.5 km] to the south (S). 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,874 miles [9,453.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,581 miles [10,591.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,457 miles [7,172.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 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 Gorsuch 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Gorsuch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gorsuch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Gorsuch 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 Gorsuch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3584, Longitude: -76.9414       In this case, the coordinates for Gorsuch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.803 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.411 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.495 degrees.