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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 Royal Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Royal Heights 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 Royal Heights:
    • 39.472608, -76.273290
    • 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 Royal Heights
  • 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 Harford County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
    • Since Royal Heights is near Baltimore County and also Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Royal Heights

Communities Also Named Royal Heights ...

We found three communities that are also named Royal Heights.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Royal Heights.

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Carroll County
      • This Royal Heights is located in Carroll County and lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Royal Heights that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Royal Heights.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Royal Heights is located in Saint Clair County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the west of the Royal Heights that is located in Harford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Royal Heights.
    • Missouri
      • Jasper 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 Missouri community of Royal Heights [Jasper County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Royal Heights ...

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.

  • Bright Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bright Oaks is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Oaks
  • Bush
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Bush is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
  • Bush River
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bush River is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush River
  • Clearview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Clearview is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Constant Friendship
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Constant Friendship is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constant Friendship
  • Edgewater Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgewater Village is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Village
  • Fairway
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairway is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
  • Forest Greens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Greens is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Greens
  • Green Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Green Acres is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Happy Knoll
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Happy Knoll is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Knoll
  • Harbour Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Harbour Oaks is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Oaks
  • Harold Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Harold Heights is located in Harford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold Heights
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Hemlock Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Hemlock Ridge is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Ridge
    • Hunters Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hunters Run is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
    • Ivy Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ivy Hill is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Hill
    • Kings Charter
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Kings Charter is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Charter
    • Long Bar Harbor
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Long Bar Harbor is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bar Harbor
    • Michaels Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Michaels Corner is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaels Corner
    • Parsons Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Parsons Ridge is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Ridge
    • Rivershore
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rivershore is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivershore
    • Sable Woods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sable Woods is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sable Woods
    • Singer
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Singer is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singer
    • Singer Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Singer Woods is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singer Woods
    • Temple Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Temple Hills is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hills
    • Todd Lakes
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Todd Lakes is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Lakes
    • Wildwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Wildwood is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Woodland Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Woodland Run is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Run

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

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

  • Bel Air, which is the Seat of Harford County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Royal Heights to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 56 miles [90.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,841 miles [9,400.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,546 miles [10,534.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,423 miles [7,118.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Royal Heights) 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 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 Royal Heights 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 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 Royal Heights 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 Royal Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4726, Longitude: -76.2733       In this case, the coordinates for Royal Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.399 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.971 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.165 degrees.