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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 Nottingham Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nottingham Village 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 Nottingham Village:
    • 39.375937, -77.129148
    • 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 Nottingham Village
  • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Nottingham Village 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 Nottingham Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nottingham Village ...

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.

  • Dales Delight
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Dales Delight is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales Delight
  • Flag Marsh Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Flag Marsh Heights is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Marsh Heights
  • Harvest Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Harvest Ridge is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Ridge
  • Hickory Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hickory Hill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Jacobs Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jacobs Run is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Run
  • Long Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Long Corner is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Corner
  • Mill Bottom
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mill Bottom is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Bottom
  • Nursery View
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Nursery View is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nursery View
  • Poplar Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Poplar Springs is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs
  • Rising Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Rising Ridge is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Ridge
  • River Wood Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • River Wood Hills is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Wood Hills
  • Rolling Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rolling Hills is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Timber Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Timber Ridge is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
    • Treasure Mountain
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Treasure Mountain is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Mountain
    • Twin Maples
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Twin Maples is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Maples
    • Watersville
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Watersville is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watersville
    • Windsong Farms
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Windsong Farms is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Farms

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Nottingham Village and extending to:

  • Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Nottingham Village to Westminster, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 33 miles [53.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,881 miles [9,464.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,588 miles [10,602.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,465 miles [7,185.7 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- Nottingham Village) 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 Nottingham Village 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 Nottingham Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3759, Longitude: -77.1291       In this case, the coordinates for Nottingham Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.913 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.539 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.568 degrees.