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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 Hunting Creek Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hunting Creek Acres 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 Hunting Creek Acres:
- 39.609820, -77.477488
- 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 Hunting Creek Acres
- 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 Hunting Creek Acres is near Washington County and also Franklin 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 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 Hunting Creek Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hunting Creek Acres ...
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.
- Altogether
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Altogether is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altogether
- Browns Store ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Browns Store is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Store
- Distant View
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Distant View is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Distant View
- Five Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Five Forks is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Flint
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flint is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Foxville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Foxville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxville
- Free Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Free Farms is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Farms
- Graceham
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Graceham is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceham
- Harp
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harp is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Jimtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jimtown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Leisure Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Leisure Mountain is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Mountain
- Lewistown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lewistown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Locust Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Lost Eden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lost Eden is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Eden
- Meeting House Overlook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Middlepoint
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middlepoint is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlepoint
- Pondsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pondsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondsville
- Poplar Knob
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Poplar Knob is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Knob
- Ridgeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeview is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
- Sunday
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunday is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunday
- Whispering Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Whispering Pines is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Wolfsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wolfsville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfsville
How Far From Hunting Creek Acres 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 Hunting Creek Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hunting Creek Acres and extending to:
- Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hunting Creek Acres to Frederick, with an average speed<2> 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 68 miles [109.4 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 about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 54 miles [86.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two 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 5,886 miles [9,472.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,471 miles [7,195.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Hunting Creek Acres) 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 Hunting Creek Acres 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 Hunting Creek Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6098, Longitude: -77.4775 In this case, the coordinates for Hunting Creek Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.105 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.794 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.626 degrees. |
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