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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 Montevideo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Montevideo 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 Montevideo:
    • 39.162608, -76.766916
    • 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 Montevideo
  • 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 Anne Arundel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
    • Since Montevideo is near Howard County and also Baltimore 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 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 Montevideo

Communities Also Named Montevideo ...

We found four communities that are also named Montevideo.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Montevideo.

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Howard 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 Montevideo [Howard County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Elbert County
      • This Montevideo is located in Elbert County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Montevideo that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elbert County community of Montevideo.
    • Minnesota
      • Chippewa County
      • This Montevideo is located in Chippewa County and lies 1,047 miles [1,685 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Montevideo that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Montevideo.
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham County
      • This Montevideo is located in Rockingham County and lies 121 miles [194.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Montevideo that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Montevideo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Montevideo ...

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.

  • Bridewell ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Bridewell is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridewell
  • Cedars
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cedars is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
  • Champion Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Champion Forest is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Forest
  • Georgetown
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Georgetown is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Heritage Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Heritage Woods is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
  • Hopewell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hopewell is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Howard Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Howard Hills is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Hills
  • Jessup
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lake Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Village is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
  • Magnolia ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Magnolia is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Marble Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Marble Hill is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hill
  • Mission Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mission Heights is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Heights
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Provinces
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Provinces is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provinces
    • Quail Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Ridgeview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Ridgeview is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview
    • River Island
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • River Island is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Island
    • Rockburn Commons
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockburn Commons is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockburn Commons
    • Sandalwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Sandalwood is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood
    • Sandridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandridge is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
    • Savage
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Springwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Springwood is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood
    • Stony Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Stony Run is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Run
    • Strawberry Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Strawberry Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Hills
    • Timberview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Timberview is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberview
    • Woodland Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Woodland Village is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village

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

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

  • Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Montevideo to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 23 miles [37 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take most of 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 5,875 miles [9,454.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,580 miles [10,589.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,457 miles [7,172.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 Montevideo 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>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 from Point A (ie- Montevideo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Montevideo 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 Montevideo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1626, Longitude: -76.7669       In this case, the coordinates for Montevideo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.713 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.279 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.497 degrees.