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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 Highfield - Cascade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highfield - Cascade 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 Highfield - Cascade:
- 39.715275, -77.484477
- 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 Highfield - Cascade
- 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 Highfield - Cascade is near Franklin County and also Frederick 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 Frederick 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 Highfield - Cascade
Curious and Interesting Names Near Highfield - Cascade ...
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.
- Beartown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Store ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Browns Store is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Store
- Cascade
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Flint
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Flint is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Fountain Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain Dale is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Dale
- Foxville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Foxville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxville
- Friends Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Friends Creek is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Creek
- Gladhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gladhill is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladhill
- Highfield
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Highfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield
- Jacks Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lost Valley is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Valley
- Maria Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maria Furnace is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria Furnace
- Roadside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roadside is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadside
How Far From Highfield - Cascade 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 Highfield - Cascade to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Highfield - Cascade and extending to:
- Hagerstown, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Highfield - Cascade to Hagerstown, with an average speed<2> 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.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 73 miles [117.5 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 61 miles [98.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,882 miles [9,466.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,591 miles [10,607.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,467 miles [7,188.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Highfield - Cascade) 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 Highfield - Cascade 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 Highfield - Cascade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7153, Longitude: -77.4845 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.102 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.807 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.588 degrees. |
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