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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).

When in Mount Royal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Royal 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 Mount Royal:
    • 39.307607, -76.630801
    • 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 Mount Royal
  • 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 Mount Royal ...

We found six communities that share the name Mount Royal.

Within Maryland, the name Mount Royal is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Putnam County
      • This Mount Royal is located in Putnam County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Mount Royal.
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis 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 Minnesota community of Mount Royal [Saint Louis County].
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • This Mount Royal is located in Gloucester County and lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Mount Royal.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This Mount Royal is located in York County and lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the north northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Mount Royal.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Mount Royal lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the northeast.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Royal ...

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.

  • Charles Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charles Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Village
    • Charles Village is located in Baltimore City
  • Cherry Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
    • Cherry Hill is located in Baltimore City
  • Cold Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
    • Cold Spring is located in Baltimore City
  • Dickeyville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dickeyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickeyville
    • Dickeyville is located in Baltimore City
  • English Consul
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Consul have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Consul
    • English Consul is located in Baltimore City
  • Euclid Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Euclid Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid Heights
    • Euclid Heights is located in Baltimore City
  • Evergreen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Evergreen is located in Baltimore City
  • Fells Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fells Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fells Point
    • Fells Point is located in Baltimore City
  • Forest Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
    • Forest Park is located in Baltimore City
  • Gallagher Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallagher Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher Park
    • Gallagher Park is located in Baltimore City
  • Gardenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville
    • Gardenville is located in Baltimore City
  • Goodnow Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodnow Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnow Hill
    • Goodnow Hill is located in Baltimore City
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    • Hall Spring
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hall Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Spring
      • Hall Spring is located in Baltimore City
    • Homeland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homeland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
      • Homeland is located in Baltimore City
    • Homestead
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homestead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
      • Homestead is located in Baltimore City
    • Howard Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howard Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Park
      • Howard Park is located in Baltimore City
    • Hunting Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunting Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Ridge
      • Hunting Ridge is located in Baltimore City
    • Lauraville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lauraville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauraville
      • Lauraville is located in Baltimore City
    • Little Italy
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Italy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
      • Little Italy is located in Baltimore City
    • Minersville ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
      • Minersville is located in Baltimore City
    • Mount Hope
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
      • Mount Hope is located in Baltimore City
    • Orangeville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orangeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
      • Orangeville is located in Baltimore City
    • Ramblewood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramblewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
      • Ramblewood is located in Baltimore City
    • Rodgers Forge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rodgers Forge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Forge
      • Rodgers Forge is located in Baltimore County
    • Spring Gardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Gardens
      • Spring Gardens is located in Baltimore City
    • Television Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Television Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Television Hill
      • Television Hill is located in Baltimore City
    • Violetville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violetville
      • Violetville is located in Baltimore City

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

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

  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Mount Royal to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 35 miles [56.3 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,863 miles [9,435.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,569 miles [10,571.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,445 miles [7,153.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Royal. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mount Royal) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Royal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3076, Longitude: -76.6308       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Royal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Mount Royal 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 . 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>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.
<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 Mount Royal to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.622 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.199 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.383 degrees.




 

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