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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 Rock Creek Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rock Creek Village 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 Rock Creek Village:
- 39.081220, -77.102479
- 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 Rock Creek 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Rock Creek Village is near Prince George's County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 Rock Creek Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rock Creek 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.
- Beantown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beantown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beantown
- English Manor
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- English Manor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Manor
- Foxhall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Foxhall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxhall
- Harmony Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Harmony Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hills
- Hermitage Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hermitage Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Park
- Holiday Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Homecrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Homecrest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecrest
- Lutes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lutes is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutes
- Manor Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Manor Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Park
- Manor Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manor Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Village
- Randolph Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Randolph Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Hills
- Rockcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rockcrest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockcrest
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rockland
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rockland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rockville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Silver Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Silver Rock is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Rock
- Stoney Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stoney Brook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
- Sycamore Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sycamore Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Creek
- Twin Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Twin Brook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brook
How Far From Rock Creek Village 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 Rock Creek Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rock Creek Village and extending to:
- Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Rock Creek Village 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 13 miles [20.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,892 miles [9,482.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,475 miles [7,201.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rock Creek Village) 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 Rock Creek 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 Rock Creek Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0812, Longitude: -77.1025 In this case, the coordinates for Rock Creek Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.916 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.498 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.671 degrees. |
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