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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 Lewisdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lewisdale 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 Lewisdale:
    • 38.973444, -76.973864
    • 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 Lewisdale
  • 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 Prince George's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
    • Since Lewisdale is near Montgomery County and also Arlington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Arlington 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 Lewisdale

Communities Also Named Lewisdale ...

We found two communities that are also named Lewisdale.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Lewisdale.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Lewisdale in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Montgomery County
      • This Lewisdale is located in Montgomery County and lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lewisdale that is located in Prince George's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Lewisdale.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Clay 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 Kentucky community of Lewisdale [Clay County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lewisdale ...

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.

  • Branchville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Branchville is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
  • Cherry Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherry Hill is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • College Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cottage City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cottage City is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,355 people
  • Cresthaven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cresthaven is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthaven
  • Daniels Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Daniels Park is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Park
  • Ducat Town
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ducat Town is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducat Town
  • Fairway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairway is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
  • Four Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Four Corners is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Green Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Green Meadows is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Highland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland is located in Prince George's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Highland View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Highland View is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Hillandale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Hillandale is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale
    • Hillandale Forest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Hillandale Forest is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale Forest
    • Hillandale Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Hillandale Heights is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillandale Heights
    • Indian Spring Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Indian Spring Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Spring Village
    • Michigan Park Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Michigan Park Hills is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Park Hills
    • Queenstown
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Queenstown is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
    • Rogers Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rogers Heights is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Heights
    • Seven Oaks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Seven Oaks is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
    • Silver Spring
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Silver Spring Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver Spring Park is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring Park
    • University Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • University Gardens is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Gardens
    • University Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • University Park is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,628 people
    • Woodside Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodside Park is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Park

How Far From Lewisdale to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lewisdale to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Upper Marlboro, which is the Seat of Prince George's County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lewisdale to Upper Marlboro, with an average speed<4> 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 25 miles [40.2 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is just to the south southwest (SSW).
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,892 miles [9,482.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lewisdale) 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 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 Lewisdale 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 Lewisdale 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 Lewisdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9734, Longitude: -76.9739       In this case, the coordinates for Lewisdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.847 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.403 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.658 degrees.