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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 Heritage Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heritage Hills 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 Heritage Hills:
    • 38.873724, -76.703022
    • 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 Heritage 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 Prince George's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
    • Since Heritage Hills is near Anne Arundel County and also Calvert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert 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 Heritage Hills

Communities Also Named Heritage Hills ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Heritage Hills.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Heritage Hills.

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Frederick County
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Frederick County and lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Heritage Hills.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Heritage Hills.
    • Colorado
      • Douglas County
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Douglas County and lies 1,502 miles [2,417.2 km]<1> to the west of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Heritage Hills.
    • Georgia
      • Troup County
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Troup County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Heritage Hills.
    • New York
      • Westchester County
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Heritage Hills.
    • North Carolina
      • Caldwell County
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Caldwell County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Heritage Hills.
    • Ohio
      • Carroll County
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Carroll County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Heritage Hills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Heritage Hills [Allegheny County].
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Anderson County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Heritage Hills.
      • Lexington County
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Lexington County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km] to the southwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Heritage Hills.
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Blount County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Heritage Hills.
      • Bradley County
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Bradley County and lies 512 miles [824 km] to the west southwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Heritage Hills.
      • Greene County
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Greene County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km] to the west southwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Heritage Hills.
      • Hamilton County
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Hamilton County and lies 532 miles [856.2 km] to the west southwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Heritage Hills.
    • Texas
      • Travis 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 Texas community of Heritage Hills [Travis County].
    • Virginia
      • Frederick County
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Frederick County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Heritage Hills.
      • Lynchburg City
      • This Heritage Hills is located in Lynchburg City and lies 173 miles [278.4 km] to the southwest of the Heritage Hills that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Heritage Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heritage 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.

  • Fox Chapel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Fox Chapel is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chapel
  • Friends Choice
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Friends Choice is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Choice
  • Green Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Green Landing is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Landing
  • Hall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hall is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
  • Hills Landing ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hills Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Landing
  • Hunt Chapel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunt Chapel is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Chapel
  • Kings Retreat
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Retreat is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Retreat
  • Merrywood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Merrywood is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrywood
  • Oak Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Oak Grove is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Queen Anne Knolls
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Queen Anne Knolls is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Anne Knolls
  • Riverwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Riverwood is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwood
  • Royale Glen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Royale Glen is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royale Glen
  • Rustic Knolls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rustic Knolls is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Knolls

How Far From Heritage 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 Heritage Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Upper Marlboro, which is the Seat of Prince George's County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Heritage Hills to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 18 miles [29 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,588 miles [10,602.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,466 miles [7,187.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Heritage Hills) 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 Heritage Hills 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 Heritage 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 Heritage Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8737, Longitude: -76.7030       In this case, the coordinates for Heritage Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.694 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.213 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.583 degrees.