Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mapleville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mapleville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mapleville
- 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 Mapleville:
- 39.538988, -77.647491
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Mapleville
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Mapleville is near Frederick County and also Berkeley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- eBird sighting report for Berkeley 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Mapleville ...
We found four communities that share the name Mapleville.
There is one other community in Maryland which is also named Mapleville.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Maryland ...
- Frederick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mapleville [Frederick County].
- Frederick County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nebraska
- Dodge County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Dodge County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Mapleville.
- North Carolina
- Franklin County
- This Mapleville is located in Franklin County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<3> to the south of the Mapleville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Mapleville.
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- This Mapleville is located in Providence County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Mapleville that is located in Washington County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Providence County community of Mapleville.
- Nebraska
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mapleville ...
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.
- Appletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Bagtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Beaver Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Beaver Creek is located in Washington County
- Blank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Crest Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crest Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest Valley
- Crest Valley is located in Washington County
- Frostown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostown
- Frostown is located in Frederick County
- Greystone Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greystone Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone Hills
- Greystone Hills is located in Washington County
- Jerusalem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Lens Rambles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lens Rambles have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lens Rambles
- Lens Rambles is located in Frederick County
- Meadow Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Ridge
- Meadow Ridge is located in Frederick County
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Washington County
- Mousetown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- Pleasant Walk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Walk have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Walk
- Pleasant Walk is located in Frederick County
- Springvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springvale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Springvale is located in Washington County
- Wolfsville Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wolfsville Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfsville Crossing
- Wolfsville Crossing is located in Frederick County
- Woodland Way
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Way have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Way
- Woodland Way is located in Frederick County
- Pleasant Walk
How Far From Mapleville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mapleville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mapleville and extending to:
- Hagerstown, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<3> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Mapleville to Annapolis, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 55 miles [88.5 km] to the southeast (SE). 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,896 miles [9,488.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,605 miles [10,629.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,481 miles [7,211.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mapleville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Washington County: www.washco-md.net/
The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mapleville 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. |
| <2> | 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 Mapleville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mapleville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mapleville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5390, Longitude: -77.6475 In this case, the coordinates for Mapleville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Mapleville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.211 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.904 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.727 degrees. |