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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.
- 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.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Quaker Heights
- 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 Quaker Heights is near Frederick County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Quaker Heights
Communities Also Named Quaker Heights ...
We found one communities that are also named 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)
- Bruceville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Copperville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Copperville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
- Fairhaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Glenn Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Glenn Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Hill
- Grossnickle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grossnickle is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grossnickle
- Hidden Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hidden Creek is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Creek
- Johnsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
- Key Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Key Heights is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key Heights
- Ottersdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ottersdale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottersdale
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pipe Creek ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pipe Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipe Creek
- Rabbit Run
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rabbit Run is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Run
- Union Bridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Union Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Hills is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hills
- Uniontown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Walnut Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
How Far From Quaker Heights to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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<3> 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]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Quaker Heights to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,459 miles [7,176.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Quaker Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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.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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.925 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.582 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.512 degrees. |
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