Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Holiday Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Holiday Farms and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Holiday Farms

• 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 Holiday Farms:
  • 39.644263, -77.607491
  • 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 Holiday Farms

• 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 Holiday Farms is near Frederick County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Holiday Farms

Curious and Interesting Names Near Holiday Farms ...

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.

• Cavetown
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Cavetown is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
• Chewsville
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Chewsville is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewsville
• Crest Valley
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Crest Valley is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest Valley
• Greenvale Village
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Greenvale Village is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Village
• Havenwood Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Havenwood Hills is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havenwood Hills
• Jugtown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Jugtown is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jugtown
• Pondsville
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Pondsville is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondsville
• Sycamore Heights
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Sycamore Heights is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Heights

How Far From Holiday Farms 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 Holiday Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Holiday Farms and extending to:

• Hagerstown, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the West.
• Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Holiday Farms to Annapolis, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 59 miles [95 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 5,890 miles [9,479 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,599 miles [10,620.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,475 miles [7,201.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'