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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 Monocacy Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monocacy Village 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 Monocacy Village:
- 39.425935, -77.400819
- 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 Monocacy Village
- 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 Frederick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Since Monocacy Village is near Montgomery County and also Washington 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 Washington 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 Monocacy Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Monocacy Village ...
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.
- Arrowhead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Arrowhead is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Clear View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clear View is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
- Clover Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clover Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Cloverview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverview is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverview
- Evergreen Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Point is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Point
- Field Pointe
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Field Pointe is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Pointe
- Frederick
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Frederick is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73,308 people
- Former names for Frederick:
- Frederick City
- Frederick Town
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frederick <1>
- Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Grove is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Harmony Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Harmony Grove is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Maplewood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maplewood is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Mountain Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Village
- Overlook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Overlook is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rosedale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rosedale is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Taskers Chance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Taskers Chance is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taskers Chance
- Tulip Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tulip Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip Hill
- Windy Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Windy Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hill
- Workmans Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Workmans Mill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Workmans Mill
How Far From Monocacy Village 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 Monocacy Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Monocacy Village and extending to:
- Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Monocacy Village to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 41 miles [66 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,890 miles [9,479 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,475 miles [7,201.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Monocacy Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Monocacy Village 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 Monocacy Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4259, Longitude: -77.4008 In this case, the coordinates for Monocacy Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.071 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.727 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.665 degrees. |
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