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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 North Glade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Glade 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 North Glade:
- 39.500926, -79.236703
- 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 North Glade
- 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 Garrett County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Garrett County
- Since North Glade is near Mineral County and also Allegany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mineral County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany 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 North Glade
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Glade ...
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.
- Accident
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blaine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Blaine is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Crosstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Crosstown is located in Mineral County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosstown
- Deer Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Garden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Floyd is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Foxtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Foxtown is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxtown
- Franklin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Franklin is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Fricks Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fricks Crossing is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Crossing
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Green Glade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Glade is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Glade
- Jennings
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jennings is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Luke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Luke is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Merrill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Merrill is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- New Germany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Germany is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Germany
- Standard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Standard is located in Garrett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standard
How Far From North Glade 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 North Glade to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Glade and extending to:
- Oakland, which is the Seat of Garrett County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from North Glade to Oakland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 151 miles [243 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 124 miles [199.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,964 miles [9,598.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,676 miles [10,744 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,552 miles [7,325.7 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Glade) 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 North Glade 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 North Glade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5009, Longitude: -79.2367 In this case, the coordinates for North Glade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.17 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.987 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.43 degrees. |
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