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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 Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rolling Park 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 Park:
    • 39.351773, -76.768585
    • 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 Park
  • 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Since Rolling Park is near Baltimore City and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
    • 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 Rolling Park

Communities Also Named Rolling Park ...

We found three communities that are also named Rolling Park.

Within Maryland, the name Rolling Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Rolling Park is located in New Castle County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rolling Park that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Rolling Park.
    • North Carolina
      • Davidson County
      • This Rolling Park is located in Davidson County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rolling Park that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Rolling Park.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Rolling Park [Delaware County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rolling Park ...

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.

  • Fair Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Fair Brook is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Brook
  • Falcon Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Falcon Ridge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Ridge
  • Featherbed
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Featherbed is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherbed
  • Fishtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fishtown is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtown
  • Foxridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Foxridge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxridge
  • Heraldry Square
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Heraldry Square is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heraldry Square
  • Howardsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Howardsville is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
  • Imperial Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Imperial Gardens is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Gardens
  • Julian Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Julian Woods is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian Woods
  • Kingswood Common
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Kingswood Common is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood Common
  • Liberty Manor
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Liberty Manor is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Manor
  • Merrymount
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Merrymount is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrymount
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Pikesville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Randall Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Randall Ridge is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Ridge
    • Randallstown
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Rolling Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rolling Heights is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Heights
    • Rolling Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Rolling Ridge is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Ridge
    • Whispering Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Whispering Meadows is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Meadows
    • Willow Glen
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Willow Glen is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
    • Woodlawn
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodlawn is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Rolling Park 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 Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rolling Park to Towson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 29 miles [46.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 34 miles [54.7 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 just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,867 miles [9,442 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,450 miles [7,161.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rolling Park 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.
<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 Rolling Park 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 Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3518, Longitude: -76.7686       In this case, the coordinates for Rolling Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.701 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.295 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.424 degrees.