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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 Locust Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Locust Ridge 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 Locust Ridge:
- 39.268994, -76.919143
- 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 Locust Ridge
- 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 Howard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard County
- Since Locust Ridge is near Carroll County and also Baltimore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Locust Ridge
Communities Also Named Locust Ridge ...
We found three communities that are also named Locust Ridge.
Within Maryland, the name Locust Ridge is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Tensas Parish
- This Locust Ridge is located in Tensas Parish and lies 955 miles [1,536.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Locust Ridge that is located in Howard County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tensas Parish community of Locust Ridge.
- Ohio
- Brown County
- This Locust Ridge is located in Brown County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the west of the Locust Ridge that is located in Howard County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Locust Ridge.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Locust Ridge [Allegheny County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Locust Ridge ...
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.
- Alpha
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Alpha is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Cabin Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cabin Hill is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Hill
- Cedar Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Woods is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Woods
- Chapel Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chapel Woods is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Woods
- Clarksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Driver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Driver is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Eagles Loft
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eagles Loft is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Loft
- Farside
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Farside is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farside
- Fox Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fox Hill is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Gary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gary is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Gray Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gray Rock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Rock
- Gray Rock Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gray Rock Farms is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Rock Farms
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Green Henge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Green Henge is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Henge
- Harpers Choice
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harpers Choice is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Choice
- Heritage Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Heritage Farms is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Farms
- Heritage Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Heritage Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Heights
- Hobbits Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hobbits Glen is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbits Glen
- Howard Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Howard Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Heights
- Indian Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Indian Hill is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
- Ivory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ivory is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Longfellow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Longfellow is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
- Maplewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Pine Orchard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Orchard is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
- Rover ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rover is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rover
- Running Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Running Brook is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Running Brook
- Sandy Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sandy Hill is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
- Shepherds Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shepherds Glen is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds Glen
- Sky View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sky View is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky View
- Slacks Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Slacks Corner is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slacks Corner
- Sycamore Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sycamore Springs is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Springs
- Thornbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thornbrook is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornbrook
- Twelve Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Twelve Hills is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Hills
- Vantage Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vantage Point is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vantage Point
How Far From Locust Ridge 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 Locust Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Locust Ridge and extending to:
- Ellicott City, which is the Seat of Howard County, lies just to the East.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Locust Ridge 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 26 miles [41.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,877 miles [9,458.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,460 miles [7,177.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Locust Ridge) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Locust Ridge 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 Locust Ridge 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 Locust Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2690, Longitude: -76.9191 In this case, the coordinates for Locust Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.796 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.389 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.52 degrees. |
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