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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 Homers Delight, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Homers Delight 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 Homers Delight:
- 39.428712, -77.543043
- 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 Homers Delight
- 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 Frederick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Since Homers Delight is near Washington County and also Loudoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudoun 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 Homers Delight
Curious and Interesting Names Near Homers Delight ...
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.
- Cherry Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Copperfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Copperfield is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Corner House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Corner House is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner House
- Cross Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cross Hollow is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Hollow
- Deer Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Ridge is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Ridge
- Fountain Dale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fountain Dale is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Dale
- Frostown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frostown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostown
- Golf View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Golf View is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View
- Grove Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grove Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
- Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harmony is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Harmony Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harmony Knolls is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Knolls
- Hawbottom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hawbottom is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawbottom
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Hilltop Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hilltop Woods is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Woods
- Howards Retreat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Howards Retreat is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Retreat
- Irongate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Irongate is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irongate
- Kings Kingdom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Kingdom is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Kingdom
- Lamb Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lamb Knolls is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Knolls
- Lewis Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lewis Mill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mill
- Locust Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Locust Valley is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Valley
- Meadowcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meadowcrest is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowcrest
- Monarch Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Monarch Ridge is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch Ridge
- Mountain View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mountain View is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Roberts Retreat
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts Retreat is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Retreat
- Rocky Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Springs is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Round Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Round Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill
- Shookstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shookstown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shookstown
- Skyline Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline Gardens is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Gardens
- Spoolsville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Spoolsville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spoolsville
- Station Roads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Station Roads is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Roads
- Sunset View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset View is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View
- Valley Overlook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Valley Overlook is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Overlook
- Winter Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Winter Run is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Run
- Winterborn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Winterborn is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterborn
- Woodlawn Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Village
- Wye Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wye Creek is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wye Creek
How Far From Homers Delight 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 Homers Delight to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Homers Delight and extending to:
- Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies just to the East.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Homers Delight to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 45 miles [72.4 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,896 miles [9,488.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,605 miles [10,629.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,481 miles [7,211.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Homers Delight) 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 Homers Delight 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 Homers Delight. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4287, Longitude: -77.5430 In this case, the coordinates for Homers Delight have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.156 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.824 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.724 degrees. |
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