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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 Hamilton Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hamilton Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hamilton Park:
    • 39.665374, -77.721938
    • 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 Hamilton Park
  • 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 Hamilton Park is near Franklin County and also Berkeley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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 Hamilton Park

Communities Also Named Hamilton Park ...

We found seven communities that are also named Hamilton Park.

Within Maryland, the name Hamilton Park is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Hamilton Park is located in New Castle County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the east of the Hamilton Park that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Hamilton Park.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Hamilton Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hamilton Park that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Hamilton Park.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hamilton Park [Cook County].
    • Indiana
      • Delaware County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Hamilton Park [Delaware County].
    • Kentucky
      • Fayette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hamilton Park [Fayette County].
    • New York
      • Richmond County
      • This Hamilton Park is located in Richmond County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hamilton Park that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Hamilton Park.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Hamilton Park is located in Lancaster County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hamilton Park that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Hamilton Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hamilton Park ...

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.

  • Cedar Lawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Lawn is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lawn
  • Countryside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Countryside is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
  • Fiddlesburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fiddlesburg is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlesburg
  • Fountain Head
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Fountain Head is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
  • Gardenspot
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gardenspot is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenspot
  • Hunter Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunter Hill is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hill
  • Long Meadow
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Long Meadow is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Meadow
  • Orchard Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Orchard Hills is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
  • Paramount
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Paramount is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paramount
  • Security
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Security is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Security
  • Spring Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Valley is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Terrace Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Terrace Hills is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Hills
  • Wood Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Wood Point is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Point

How Far From Hamilton Park 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 Hamilton Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hamilton Park and extending to:

  • Hagerstown, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the South.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Hamilton Park to Annapolis, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 64 miles [103 km] to the southeast (SE). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,894 miles [9,485.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,603 miles [10,626.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,479 miles [7,208.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Hamilton Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Hamilton Park 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Hamilton Park 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 Hamilton Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6654, Longitude: -77.7219       In this case, the coordinates for Hamilton Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.248 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.965 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.71 degrees.