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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 The Knolls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Knolls 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 The Knolls:
    • 38.540400, -76.600236
    • 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 The Knolls
  • 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 Calvert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
    • Since The Knolls is near Charles County and also Prince George's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charles County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's 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 The Knolls

Communities Also Named The Knolls ...

We found seven communities that are also named The Knolls.

Within Maryland, the name The Knolls is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Kane County
      • This The Knolls is located in Kane County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Knolls that is located in Calvert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kane County community of The Knolls.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • This The Knolls is located in Clark County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Knolls that is located in Calvert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of The Knolls.
      • Stark County
      • This The Knolls is located in Stark County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km] to the northwest of the The Knolls that is located in Calvert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of The Knolls.
    • Utah
      • Tooele County
      • This The Knolls is located in Tooele County and lies 1,942 miles [3,125.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Knolls that is located in Calvert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tooele County community of The Knolls.
    • Virginia
      • Campbell 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 Virginia community of The Knolls [Campbell County].
      • Frederick County
      • This The Knolls is located in Frederick County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Knolls that is located in Calvert County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of The Knolls.
      • Prince William County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of The Knolls [Prince William County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near The Knolls ...

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.

  • Cedar Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Beach is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Beach
  • Cedar Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Point is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Central Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Central Village is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village
  • Chapel Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Cypress Knolls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cypress Knolls is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Knolls
  • Dares ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Dares is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dares
  • Deer Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Deer Crossing is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Crossing
  • Fiddlers Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fiddlers Point is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddlers Point
  • Follywoods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Follywoods is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Follywoods
  • Fox Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Fox Hill is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
  • Hunters Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hunters Ridge is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
  • Hunting Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hunting Hills is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Lord Cecil Woods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Lord Cecil Woods is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lord Cecil Woods
    • Meadow Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Meadow Oaks is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Oaks
    • Potts Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Potts Point is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potts Point
    • Prince Frederick
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Queensberry
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Queensberry is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensberry
    • Quiet Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Quiet Meadows is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Meadows
    • Ravenshead
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Ravenshead is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenshead
    • Rose Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Rose Hill is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
    • Rosewood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosewood is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
    • Turkey Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Turkey Ridge is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Ridge
    • Valley Lee
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Valley Lee is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lee
    • Wild Goose Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wild Goose Landing is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Goose Landing

How Far From The Knolls 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 The Knolls to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Prince Frederick, which is the Seat of Calvert County, lies just to the East.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from The Knolls to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 34 miles [54.7 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,894 miles [9,485.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,474 miles [7,200.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Knolls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 The Knolls 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 The Knolls 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 The Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5404, Longitude: -76.6002       In this case, the coordinates for The Knolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.656 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.118 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.67 degrees.