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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highfield 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 Highfield:
    • 39.718151, -77.481100
    • 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
  • 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 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

Communities Also Named Highfield ...

We found eight communities that are also named Highfield.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Highfield.

Beyond Maryland, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, four are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Highfield [Montgomery County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Montana
      • Fergus 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 Montana community of Highfield [Fergus County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Highfield lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Highfield that is located in Washington County.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Highfield lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Highfield that is located in Washington County.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Highfield.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams 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 Pennsylvania community of Highfield [Adams County].
      • Butler County
      • This Highfield is located in Butler County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Highfield that is located in Washington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Highfield.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Highfield lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Highfield that is located in Washington County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Highfield ...

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)
    • Beartown is located in Franklin County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
  • 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)
    • Cascade is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Flint
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Flint is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
  • Fountain Dale
    (2 miles [3.2 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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Gladhill is located in Adams County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladhill
  • Highfield - Cascade
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Highfield - Cascade is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield - Cascade
  • Iron Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Iron Springs is located in Adams County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
  • Jacks Mountain
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jacks Mountain is located in Adams County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Mountain
  • 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 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 to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Hagerstown, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Highfield to Hagerstown, 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.
  • 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,881 miles [9,464.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,591 miles [10,607.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,467 miles [7,188.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Highfield 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' (or 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- Highfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Highfield 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7182, Longitude: -77.4811       In this case, the coordinates for Highfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.10 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.805 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.586 degrees.