Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Roxbury Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roxbury Mills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Roxbury Mills
- 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 Roxbury Mills:
- 39.258593, -77.052346
- 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 Roxbury Mills
- 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 Howard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Howard County
- Since Roxbury Mills is near Montgomery County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- eBird sighting report for Carroll 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roxbury Mills ...
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.
- Countryside
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Countryside have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Countryside is located in Howard County
- Daisy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Daisy Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daisy Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Woods
- Daisy Woods is located in Howard County
- Dill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Gary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Green Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Green Meadows is located in Howard County
- Jaycox
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Millys Delight
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millys Delight have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millys Delight
- Millys Delight is located in Howard County
- Sunshine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Unity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Unity. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Unity is located in Montgomery County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Unity
- From Roxbury Mills to Unity
How Far From Roxbury Mills 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 Roxbury Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Roxbury Mills and extending to:
- Ellicott City, which is the Seat of Howard County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Roxbury Mills to Ellicott City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 24 miles [38.6 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,883 miles [9,467.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,589 miles [10,604 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,466 miles [7,187.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Roxbury Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Howard County: www.co.ho.md.us/
The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | 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- Roxbury Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roxbury Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2586, Longitude: -77.0523 In this case, the coordinates for Roxbury Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Roxbury Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.875 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.478 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.581 degrees. |