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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 Nob Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nob Hill 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 Nob Hill:
    • 39.275662, -76.841363
    • 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 Nob 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 Howard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Howard County
    • Since Nob Hill is near Baltimore County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Nob Hill

Communities Also Named Nob Hill ...

We found ten communities that are also named Nob Hill.

There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Nob Hill.

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Baltimore County
      • This Nob Hill is located in Baltimore County and lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north of the Nob Hill that is located in Howard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Nob Hill.
    • Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Nob Hill [Montgomery County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Francisco 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 California community of Nob Hill [San Francisco County].
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Nob Hill [Arapahoe County].
    • Florida
      • Broward 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 Florida community of Nob Hill [Broward County].
    • North Carolina
      • Lee County
      • This Nob Hill is located in Lee County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Nob Hill that is located in Howard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Nob Hill.
    • South Carolina
      • Florence County
      • This Nob Hill is located in Florence County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Nob Hill that is located in Howard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Nob Hill.
    • Texas
      • Llano County
      • Although located in Llano County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Llano County community of Nob Hill.
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Nob Hill is located in Weber County and lies 1,841 miles [2,962.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Nob Hill that is located in Howard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Nob Hill.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Nob Hill is located in Albemarle County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Nob Hill that is located in Howard County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Nob Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nob 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.

  • Chapelview
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Chapelview is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapelview
  • Chestnut Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Chestnut Farms is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Farms
  • Chestnut Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Fox Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Fox Hill is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
  • Gray Rock
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Gray Rock is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Rock
  • Gray Rock Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Gray Rock Farms is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Rock Farms
  • Hilltop
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hilltop is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Howard Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Howard Heights is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Heights
  • Ivy Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ivy Hill is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill
  • Maplewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Maplewood is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Pine Orchard
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Pine Orchard is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
  • Rockland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockland is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Rolling Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Rolling Ridge is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Ridge
    • Sky View
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Sky View is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky View
    • Thornbrook
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Thornbrook is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornbrook
    • Toll House
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Toll House is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll House
    • Wheatfield Way
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Wheatfield Way is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfield Way

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

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

  • Ellicott City, which is the Seat of Howard County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Nob Hill to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> 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 just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 28 miles [45.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,873 miles [9,451.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,579 miles [10,587.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,456 miles [7,171.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Nob Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Nob Hill 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.
<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 Nob 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 Nob Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2757, Longitude: -76.8414       In this case, the coordinates for Nob Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.749 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.338 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.485 degrees.