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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 Nathans Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nathans Hill 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 Nathans Hill:
- 39.161774, -77.199704
- 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 Nathans Hill
- 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 Nathans Hill is near Howard County and also Frederick 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 Frederick 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 Nathans Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nathans Hill ...
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.
- Brown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Brown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Charlene
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Charlene is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlene
- Clopper
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Clopper is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopper
- Coventry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coventry is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Diamond Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond Farms is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Farms
- Flower Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flower Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
- Fox Chapel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fox Chapel is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chapel
- Hickory Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Kings Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Square is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Square
- Log Town ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Log Town is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
- Londonderry
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Londonderry is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Longdraft
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Longdraft is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdraft
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Observatory Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Observatory Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Observatory Heights
- Orchard Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Place is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Place
- Orchard Pond
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Orchard Pond is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Pond
- Parkridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parkridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkridge
- Pleasant Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Quail Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quail Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Quail Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Quail Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Valley
- Stewart Town
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stewart Town is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
- Walnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Whetstone
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Whetstone is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
How Far From Nathans Hill 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 Nathans Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Nathans Hill and extending to:
- Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Nathans Hill to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 20 miles [32.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,893 miles [9,483.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,600 miles [10,621.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,476 miles [7,203.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nathans Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Nathans Hill 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 Nathans Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1618, Longitude: -77.1997 In this case, the coordinates for Nathans Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.969 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.57 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.681 degrees. |
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