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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 Rolling Knolls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rolling Knolls 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 Rolling Knolls:
    • 38.995945, -76.561352
    • 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 Rolling Knolls
  • 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 Anne Arundel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
    • Since Rolling Knolls is near Prince George's County and also Queen Anne's 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 Queen Anne's 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 Rolling Knolls

Communities Also Named Rolling Knolls ...

We found four communities that are also named Rolling Knolls.

There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Rolling Knolls.

Beyond Maryland, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Harford County
      • This Rolling Knolls is located in Harford County and lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the north of the Rolling Knolls that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Rolling Knolls.
    • Montgomery County
      • This Rolling Knolls is located in Montgomery County and lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rolling Knolls that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rolling Knolls.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • This Rolling Knolls is located in Butler County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the west of the Rolling Knolls that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Rolling Knolls.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Rolling Knolls is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,861 miles [2,995 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rolling Knolls that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Rolling Knolls.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rolling Knolls ...

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.

  • Bon Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bon Haven is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Haven
  • Cranberry Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cranberry Woods is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Woods
  • Crownsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Downs on the Severn
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Downs on the Severn is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs on the Severn
  • Dreams Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Dreams Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreams Landing
  • Edgewater
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Evans Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Evans Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Hill
  • Ginger Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Ginger Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger Cove
  • Gingerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Gingerville is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gingerville
  • Heritage
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Heritage is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
  • Heritage Harbour
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Heritage Harbour is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Harbour
  • Hidden Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hidden Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Cove
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Homewood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Homewood is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
    • Honeysuckle Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Honeysuckle Ridge is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Ridge
    • Joyce
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Joyce is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce
    • Lincoln Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Lincoln Heights is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
    • Little John
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Little John is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little John
    • Maid Marion
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Maid Marion is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maid Marion
    • Mariners Cove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Mariners Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Cove
    • Oak Court
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Oak Court is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Court
    • Parole
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Parole is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parole
    • Poplar Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Poplar Point is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Point
    • Ravenshead
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Ravenshead is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenshead
    • Robin Hood Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Robin Hood Hill is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Hood Hill
    • Rolling Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Rolling Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Threemile Oak Corner
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Threemile Oak Corner is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile Oak Corner
    • Twin Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Twin Hills is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Hills
    • Whiskey Bottom
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Whiskey Bottom is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Bottom

How Far From Rolling Knolls to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rolling Knolls to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Rolling Knolls to White House, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,873 miles [9,451.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,577 miles [10,584.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,455 miles [7,169.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rolling Knolls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Rolling Knolls 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 Rolling Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9959, Longitude: -76.5614       In this case, the coordinates for Rolling Knolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.603 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.128 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.476 degrees.