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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 Longville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Longville 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 Longville:
    • 39.690099, -77.187206
    • 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 Longville
  • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Longville is near Frederick County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Longville

Communities Also Named Longville ...

We found six communities that are also named Longville.

Within Maryland, the name Longville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Plumas County
      • This Longville is located in Plumas County and lies 2,308 miles [3,714.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Longville that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Longville.
    • Louisiana
      • Beauregard Parish
      • This Longville is located in Beauregard Parish and lies 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Longville that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beauregard Parish community of Longville.
    • Minnesota
      • Cass County
      • This Longville is located in Cass County and lies 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Longville that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Longville.
    • Mississippi
      • Lee 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 Mississippi community of Longville [Lee County].
    • Missouri
      • Macon County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Longville [Macon County].
    • Ohio
      • Marion County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Longville [Marion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Longville ...

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.

  • Cloverberry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cloverberry is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverberry
  • Copperfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Copperfield is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
  • Crabster ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Crabster is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabster
  • Eleven Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Eleven Meadows is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Meadows
  • Fairground Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairground Village is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairground Village
  • Green Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Green Meadows is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
  • Longs Mountain View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Longs Mountain View is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Mountain View
  • Mairs Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mairs Mill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mairs Mill
  • Meadow Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadow Brook is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Piney Creek ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Piney Creek is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Creek
    • Rising Sun
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Rising Sun is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
    • Roberts Mill Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Roberts Mill Run is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Mill Run
    • Stumptown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Stumptown is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
    • Walnut Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Walnut Grove is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Wheatfields
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Wheatfields is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfields

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

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

  • Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Longville to Westminster, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 61 miles [98.2 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 about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 55 miles [88.5 km] to the south (S). 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,870 miles [9,446.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,579 miles [10,587.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,455 miles [7,169.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Longville) 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 Longville 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Longville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Longville 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 Longville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6901, Longitude: -77.1872       In this case, the coordinates for Longville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.926 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.603 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.47 degrees.