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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 Quaker Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Quaker Heights 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 Quaker Heights:
    • 39.564545, -77.170260
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Quaker Heights
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Quaker Heights ...

We found one communities that share the name Quaker Heights.

Within Maryland, the name Quaker Heights is unique.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Quaker Heights in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Mexico
      • Bernalillo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Quaker Heights [Bernalillo County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Quaker Heights ...

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.

  • Bruceville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
    • Bruceville is located in Carroll County
  • Copperville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copperville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
    • Copperville is located in Carroll County
  • Fairhaven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
    • Fairhaven is located in Frederick County
  • Glenn Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenn Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Hill
    • Glenn Hill is located in Carroll County
  • Grossnickle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grossnickle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grossnickle
    • Grossnickle is located in Frederick County
  • Hidden Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Creek
    • Hidden Creek is located in Frederick County
  • Johnsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
    • Johnsville is located in Frederick County
  • Key Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Key Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key Heights
    • Key Heights is located in Carroll County
  • Ottersdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ottersdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottersdale
    • Ottersdale is located in Carroll County
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    • Pipe Creek ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pipe Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipe Creek
      • Pipe Creek is located in Carroll County
    • Rabbit Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rabbit Run have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Run
      • Rabbit Run is located in Frederick County
    • Union Bridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Union Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hills
      • Union Hills is located in Carroll County
    • Uniontown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
      • Uniontown is located in Carroll County
    • Walnut Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
      • Walnut Hill is located in Carroll County

How Far From Quaker Heights 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 Quaker Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Quaker Heights and extending to:

  • Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the East.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<4> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Quaker Heights to Annapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 46 miles [74 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,875 miles [9,454.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,459 miles [7,176.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Quaker Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Carroll County: www.ccgov.carr.org/

The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Quaker Heights 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.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Quaker Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Quaker Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5645, Longitude: -77.1703       In this case, the coordinates for Quaker Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Quaker Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.925 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.582 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.512 degrees.




 

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