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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Highfield
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Highfield ...
We found eight communities that share the name Highfield.
There is one other community in Maryland which is also named Highfield.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout 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 ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Montana
- 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
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Beartown is located in Franklin County (PA)
- Browns Store ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Browns Store have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Store
- Browns Store is located in Washington County
- Cascade
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Flint
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Fountain Dale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Dale
- Fountain Dale is located in Adams County (PA)
- Foxville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Friends Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friends Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Creek
- Friends Creek is located in Frederick County
- Gladhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Highfield - Cascade
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfield - Cascade
- Highfield - Cascade is located in Washington County
- Iron Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
- Iron Springs is located in Adams County (PA)
- Jacks Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jacks Mountain. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Mountain
- Jacks Mountain is located in Adams County (PA)
- Lost Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Valley
- Lost Valley is located in Frederick County
- Maria Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maria Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria Furnace
- Maria Furnace is located in Adams County (PA)
- Roadside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Highfield 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 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<5> 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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,467 miles [7,188.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Highfield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washington County: www.washco-md.net/
The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/
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 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 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Highfield) to Point B.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). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.10 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.805 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.586 degrees. |