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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 Manor Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Manor Park 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 Manor Park:
    • 39.097330, -77.082756
    • 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 Manor Park
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Manor Park is near Howard County and also Prince George's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 Manor Park

Communities Also Named Manor Park ...

We found four communities that are also named Manor Park.

Within Maryland, the name Manor Park is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Manor Park is located in New Castle County and lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Manor Park that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Manor Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean 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 New Jersey community of Manor Park [Ocean County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Manor Park.
    • Ontario
      • This Manor Park lies 344 miles [553.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Manor Park that is located in Montgomery County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Manor Park ...

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.

  • Beantown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Beantown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beantown
  • Camelback Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Camelback Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelback Village
  • Cherry Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cherry Valley is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
  • Cherrywood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cherrywood is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
  • English Manor
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • English Manor is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Manor
  • Foxhall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Foxhall is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
  • Gayfields
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Gayfields is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayfields
  • Glenallen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenallen is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenallen
  • Harmony Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Harmony Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hills
  • Hermitage Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hermitage Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Park
  • Holiday Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Holiday Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
  • Homecrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Homecrest is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecrest
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Lutes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lutes is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutes
    • Manor Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Manor Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Village
    • Randolph Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Randolph Hills is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Hills
    • Rock Creek Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Rock Creek Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Village
    • Rockcrest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockcrest is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockcrest
    • Rockland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockland is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
    • Rockville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Silver Rock
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver Rock is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Rock
    • Stoney Brook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Stoney Brook is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
    • Sycamore Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Sycamore Creek is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Creek
    • Twin Brook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Brook is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brook
    • Winters Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Winters Run is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winters Run

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

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

  • Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Manor Park 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 14 miles [22.5 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,891 miles [9,480.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Manor Park) 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 Manor Park 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 Manor Park 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 Manor Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0973, Longitude: -77.0828       In this case, the coordinates for Manor Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.904 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.486 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.656 degrees.