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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 Hansonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hansonville 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 Hansonville:
- 39.496212, -77.400263
- 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 Hansonville
- 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 Hansonville is near Carroll County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Hansonville
Communities Also Named Hansonville ...
We found two communities that are also named Hansonville.
Within Maryland, the name Hansonville is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Yuba 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 California community of Hansonville [Yuba County].
- Virginia
- Russell County
- This Hansonville is located in Russell County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Hansonville that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Hansonville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hansonville ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Arrowhead is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Charlesville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Charlesville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesville
- Christophers Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Christophers Crossing is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christophers Crossing
- Clover Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clover Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Cloverdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverview is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverview
- Colony Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Colony Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Village
- Discovery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Discovery is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery
- Fountain Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Rock is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Rock
- Green Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Green Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Harmony Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Harmony Grove is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Harmony Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Harmony Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hill
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Heatherview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Heatherview is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherview
- Indian Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Springs is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Lewistown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lewistown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Retreat Grove ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Retreat Grove is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat Grove
- Walkersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Winpenny Tell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Winpenny Tell is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winpenny Tell
- Workmans Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Workmans Mill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Workmans Mill
- Yellow Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Yellow Springs is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Springs
How Far From Hansonville 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 Hansonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hansonville and extending to:
- Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies just to the South.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Hansonville to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> 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 about three full 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,887 miles [9,474.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,472 miles [7,197 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Hansonville 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 '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- Hansonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Hansonville 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 Hansonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4962, Longitude: -77.4003 In this case, the coordinates for Hansonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.067 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.732 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.637 degrees. |
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