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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 Rocky Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rocky Acres 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 Rocky Acres:
- 39.472881, -76.936924
- 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 Rocky Acres
- 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 Rocky Acres is near Baltimore County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Rocky Acres
Communities Also Named Rocky Acres ...
We found two communities that are also named Rocky Acres.
There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Rocky Acres.
Beyond Maryland.
- Communities Located In Maryland ...
- Frederick 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 Maryland community of Rocky Acres [Frederick County].
- Prince George's County
- This Rocky Acres is located in Prince George's County and lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the south of the Rocky Acres that is located in Carroll County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Rocky Acres.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rocky Acres ...
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.
- Almond Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Almond Valley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond Valley
- Beaver Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beaver Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Ridge
- Bird Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bird Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird Hill
- Charolais Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Charolais Acres is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charolais Acres
- Cherry Tree Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cherry Tree Hills is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree Hills
- Cold Saturday
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Saturday is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Saturday
- Deep Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Valley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Valley
- Finksburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flagg Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Flagg Meadows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagg Meadows
- Four Seasons
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Four Seasons is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Greenleaf
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenleaf is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- High Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- High Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Home Farm
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Home Farm is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Farm
- Lakeview Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lakeview Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Village
- Liberty View Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Liberty View Farms is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty View Farms
- Louisville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Louisville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Lynn Lee
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lynn Lee is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Lee
- Maple Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Haven is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Haven
- Marthas Legacy
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marthas Legacy is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marthas Legacy
- Miners Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Miners Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Ridge
- Peach Brandy Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Brandy Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Brandy Village
- Red Oak Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Red Oak Hills is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak Hills
- Ricketts Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ricketts Ridge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricketts Ridge
- Scotsdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scotsdale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotsdale
- Walnut Grove Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove Mills is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Mills
How Far From Rocky Acres 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 Rocky Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rocky Acres and extending to:
- Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 41 miles [66 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Rocky Acres to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 40 miles [64.4 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 just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,869 miles [9,445.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,576 miles [10,583 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,452 miles [7,164.8 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 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 Rocky Acres 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Rocky Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Rocky Acres 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 Rocky Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4729, Longitude: -76.9369 In this case, the coordinates for Rocky Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.792 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.417 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.448 degrees. |
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