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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 Rollingwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rollingwood 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 Rollingwood:
    • 38.983444, -77.068589
    • 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 Rollingwood
  • 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 Rollingwood ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Rollingwood.

Within Maryland, the name Rollingwood is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Rollingwood.
    • California
      • Contra Costa County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Contra Costa County and lies 2,422 miles [3,897.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Rollingwood.
    • Georgia
      • Clarke County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Clarke County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Rollingwood.
      • Floyd County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Floyd County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km] to the west southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Rollingwood.
    • North Carolina
      • Cleveland County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Cleveland County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Rollingwood.
      • Cumberland County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Cumberland County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km] to the south southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Rollingwood.
      • Johnston County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Johnston County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km] to the south southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Rollingwood.
      • Pitt County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Pitt County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km] to the south of the Rollingwood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Rollingwood.
      • Wake County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Wake County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km] to the south southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Rollingwood.
    • South Carolina
      • Lexington County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Lexington County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Rollingwood.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Hamilton County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Rollingwood.
    • Texas
      • Travis County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Travis County and lies 1,317 miles [2,119.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Rollingwood.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Fairfax County and lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rollingwood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Rollingwood.
      • Isle of Wight County
      • This Rollingwood is located in Isle of Wight County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the south of the Rollingwood that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isle of Wight County community of Rollingwood.
      • Portsmouth City
      • 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 Virginia community of Rollingwood [Portsmouth City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rollingwood ...

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.

  • Chevy Chase
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chevy Chase have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase
    • Chevy Chase is located in Montgomery County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,980 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chevy Chase <4>
  • Chevy Chase Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chevy Chase Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase Lake
    • Chevy Chase Lake is located in Montgomery County
  • Chevy Chase Terrace
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chevy Chase Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase Terrace
    • Chevy Chase Terrace is located in Montgomery County
  • Chevy Chase View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chevy Chase View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase View
    • Chevy Chase View is located in Montgomery County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
  • Chevy Chase Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chevy Chase Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase Village
    • Chevy Chase Village is located in Montgomery County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,050 people
  • English Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
    • English Village is located in Montgomery County
  • Forest Glen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
    • Forest Glen is located in Montgomery County
  • Forest Grove ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
    • Forest Grove is located in Montgomery County
  • Friendship Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Heights
    • Friendship Heights is located in Montgomery County
  • Glen Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
    • Glen Cove is located in Montgomery County
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
    • Green Acres is located in Montgomery County
  • High Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • High Point is located in Montgomery County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Homewood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
      • Homewood is located in Montgomery County
    • Maplewood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
      • Maplewood is located in Montgomery County
    • Rock Creek Forest
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Forest
      • Rock Creek Forest is located in Montgomery County
    • Rock Creek Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Gardens
      • Rock Creek Gardens is located in Montgomery County
    • Rock Creek Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Hills
      • Rock Creek Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Rock Creek Knolls
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Knolls
      • Rock Creek Knolls is located in Montgomery County
    • Rosedale Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Park
      • Rosedale Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Rosemary Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosemary Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary Hills
      • Rosemary Hills is located in Montgomery County
    • Silver Spring
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Silver Spring Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Spring Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Spring Park
      • Silver Spring Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Woodside
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
      • Woodside is located in Montgomery County
    • Woodside Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Forest
      • Woodside Forest is located in Montgomery County
    • Woodside Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Park
      • Woodside Park is located in Montgomery County

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

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

  • Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Rollingwood to Annapolis, with an average speed<5> 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 just to the south southeast (SSE).
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,895 miles [9,487.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rollingwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Montgomery County: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/

The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/

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- Rollingwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rollingwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9834, Longitude: -77.0686       In this case, the coordinates for Rollingwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rollingwood 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Rollingwood 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 307.903 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.467 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.694 degrees.




 

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