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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 Highview Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highview Estates 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 Highview Estates:
    • 39.368159, -77.077203
    • 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 Highview Estates
  • 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 Highview Estates ...

We found two communities that share the name Highview Estates.

There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Highview Estates.

Beyond Maryland.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Harford County
      • This Highview Estates is located in Harford County and lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Highview Estates that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Highview Estates.
    • Howard 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 Maryland community of Highview Estates [Howard County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Highview Estates ...

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.

  • Daisy Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daisy Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Meadows
    • Daisy Meadows is located in Carroll County
  • Dales Delight
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dales Delight have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales Delight
    • Dales Delight is located in Carroll County
  • Day
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Day have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
    • Day is located in Carroll County
  • Flag Marsh Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flag Marsh Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Marsh Heights
    • Flag Marsh Heights is located in Carroll County
  • Hoods Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoods Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Mill
    • Hoods Mill is located in Carroll County
  • Justifiable
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Justifiable have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justifiable
    • Justifiable is located in Howard County
  • Lisbon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Nursery View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nursery View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nursery View
    • Nursery View is located in Howard County
  • Poplar Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
    • Poplar Springs is located in Howard County
  • River Wood Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Wood Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Wood Hills
    • River Wood Hills is located in Carroll County
  • Rolling Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Rolling Hills is located in Carroll County
  • Twin Maples
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Maples have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Maples
    • Twin Maples is located in Howard County
  • Watersville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Watersville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watersville
    • Watersville is located in Carroll County
  • Windsong Farms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windsong Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Farms
    • Windsong Farms is located in Carroll County

How Far From Highview Estates 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 Highview Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Highview Estates to Westminster, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 41 miles [66 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 32 miles [51.5 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,879 miles [9,461.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,586 miles [10,599.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,463 miles [7,182.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Highview Estates. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Carroll County: www.ccgov.carr.org/

The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Highview Estates) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Highview Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3682, Longitude: -77.0772       In this case, the coordinates for Highview Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Highview Estates 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>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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Highview Estates to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.883 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.504 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.549 degrees.




 

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