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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 Pooks Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pooks 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 Pooks Hill:
- 39.013999, -77.106089
- 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 Pooks 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 Pooks Hill is near Fairfax County and also Prince George's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's 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 Pooks Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pooks 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.
- Cabin John
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chevy Chase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chevy Chase Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chevy Chase Lake is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase Lake
- Chevy Chase Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Chevy Chase Terrace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase Terrace
- Chevy Chase View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chevy Chase View is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Chevy Chase Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chevy Chase Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,050 people
- English Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- English Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Forest Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Forest Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Forest Grove ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forest Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Fox Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hills
- Friendship Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Friendship Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Heights
- Glen Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Glen Cove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Continue List (30 more) ...
- Glen Echo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glen Haven is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Glenview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glenview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Green Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Green Acres is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Heritage Walk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Heritage Walk is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Walk
- High Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- High Point is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Holiday Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Holly Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holly Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
- Homewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Homewood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Lone Oak
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Longwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Longwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Maplewood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maplewood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Marymount
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Marymount is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marymount
- Mohican Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mohican Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohican Hills
- Randolph Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Randolph Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Hills
- Rock Creek Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek Forest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Forest
- Rock Creek Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek Gardens is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Gardens
- Rock Creek Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rock Creek Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Hills
- Rock Creek Knolls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek Knolls is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Knolls
- Rock Creek Palisades
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek Palisades is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Palisades
- Rollingwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rollingwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Rosedale Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rosedale Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Park
- Rosemary Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rosemary Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary Hills
- Scotland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Scotland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Stoney Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stoney Brook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
- Tulip Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tulip Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip Hill
- Walnut Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Woods
- Wildwood Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wildwood Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Hills
- Woodside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Woodside is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Woodside Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Woodside Forest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Forest
How Far From Pooks Hill 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 Pooks Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pooks Hill and extending to:
- Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Pooks Hill to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 just to the south southeast (SSE).
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,895 miles [9,487.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,478 miles [7,206.6 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- Pooks Hill) 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 Pooks 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 Pooks Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0140, Longitude: -77.1061 In this case, the coordinates for Pooks Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.923 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.495 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.698 degrees. |
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