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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 Rising Sun, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rising Sun 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 Rising Sun:
    • 39.701453, -76.061993
    • 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 Rising Sun
  • 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 Rising Sun ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Rising Sun.

There is one other community in Maryland which is also named Rising Sun.

Beyond Maryland, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Carroll County
      • This Rising Sun is located in Carroll County and lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the west of the Rising Sun that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Rising Sun.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Rising Sun is located in Kent County and lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Rising Sun that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Rising Sun.
    • Illinois
      • Pope County
      • This Rising Sun is located in Pope County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the west of the Rising Sun that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Rising Sun.
      • White County
      • This Rising Sun is located in White County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km] to the west of the Rising Sun that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Rising Sun.
    • Indiana
      • Ohio County
      • This Rising Sun is located in Ohio County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the west of the Rising Sun that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Rising Sun.
    • Iowa
      • Polk County
      • This Rising Sun is located in Polk County and lies 920 miles [1,480.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rising Sun that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Rising Sun.
    • Kansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Jefferson County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Rising Sun.
    • Mississippi
      • Leflore County
      • This Rising Sun is located in Leflore County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rising Sun that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leflore County community of Rising Sun.
    • Montana
      • Glacier County
      • This Rising Sun is located in Glacier County and lies 1,933 miles [3,110.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rising Sun that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glacier County community of Rising Sun.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lehigh County
      • This Rising Sun is located in Lehigh County and lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rising Sun that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Rising Sun.
    • Texas
      • Shackelford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rising Sun [Shackelford County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Crawford County
      • This Rising Sun is located in Crawford County and lies 809 miles [1,302 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rising Sun that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Rising Sun.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rising Sun ...

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.

  • Clearview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
    • Clearview is located in Cecil County
  • Lees Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lees Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
    • Lees Mill is located in Chester County (PA)
  • Mount Pleasant View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant View
    • Mount Pleasant View is located in Cecil County
  • Oak Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Oak Grove is located in Cecil County
  • Orchard View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
    • Orchard View is located in Cecil County
  • Pleasant View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
    • Pleasant View is located in Cecil County
  • Richards Oak
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richards Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards Oak
    • Richards Oak is located in Cecil County
  • Spring Meadow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadow
    • Spring Meadow is located in Cecil County
  • Sunset Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Gardens
    • Sunset Gardens is located in Cecil County
  • Sunset Knoll
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Knoll
    • Sunset Knoll is located in Cecil County
  • Sunview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunview
    • Sunview is located in Cecil County
  • Vinegar Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinegar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Hill
    • Vinegar Hill is located in Cecil County

How Far From Rising Sun 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 town such as Rising Sun to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rising Sun and extending to:

  • Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rising Sun to Elkton, with an average speed<5> 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 54 miles [86.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 76 miles [122.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,822 miles [9,369.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,405 miles [7,089.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Rising Sun) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rising Sun. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7015, Longitude: -76.0620       In this case, the coordinates for Rising Sun have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rising Sun, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Rising Sun 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.
<4>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.
<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 Rising Sun 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 307.256 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.844 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.982 degrees.