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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 Greystone Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greystone Hills 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 Greystone Hills:
- 39.512600, -77.657769
- 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 Greystone Hills
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Greystone Hills is near Frederick County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Greystone Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greystone Hills ...
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.
- Appletown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Appletown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appletown
- Blank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blank is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blank
- Flickersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flickersville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flickersville
- Frostown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frostown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostown
- Jerusalem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jerusalem is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Lens Rambles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lens Rambles is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lens Rambles
- Locust Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Mapleville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mapleville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleville
- Meadow Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meadow Ridge is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Ridge
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mousetown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mousetown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousetown
- Park Hall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Park Hall is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hall
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Pleasant Walk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Walk is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Walk
- Porterstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Porterstown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterstown
- Red Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Springvale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Springvale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Station Roads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Station Roads is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Roads
- Wolfsville Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfsville Crossing is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfsville Crossing
- Woodland Way
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodland Way is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Way
How Far From Greystone Hills 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 Greystone Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Greystone Hills and extending to:
- Hagerstown, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Greystone Hills to Hagerstown, 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 72 miles [115.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 53 miles [85.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two 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 5,897 miles [9,490.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,483 miles [7,214.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Greystone Hills) 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 Greystone Hills 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 Greystone Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5126, Longitude: -77.6578 In this case, the coordinates for Greystone Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.219 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.908 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.741 degrees. |
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