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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 Rustic Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rustic Hills 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 Rustic Hills:
    • 38.488179, -76.728298
    • 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 Rustic Hills
  • 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 Saint Mary's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
    • Since Rustic Hills is near Charles County and also Calvert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charles County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert 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 Rustic Hills

Communities Also Named Rustic Hills ...

We found three communities that are also named Rustic Hills.

Within Maryland, the name Rustic Hills is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • El Paso County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Rustic Hills [El Paso County].
    • Indiana
      • Warrick County
      • This Rustic Hills is located in Warrick County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<2> to the west of the Rustic Hills that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warrick County community of Rustic Hills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • This Rustic Hills is located in Dauphin County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<2> to the north of the Rustic Hills that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Rustic Hills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rustic Hills ...

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.

  • Arborview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Arborview is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arborview
  • Big Oak
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Oak is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak
  • Breezy Knolls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Breezy Knolls is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Knolls
  • Cellar Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cellar Hill is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cellar Hill
  • Chickasaw Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Chickasaw Run is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Run
  • Golden Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Golden Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
  • Hidden River
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hidden River is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden River
  • Huntersville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Huntersville is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
  • Karen Knolls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Karen Knolls is located in Charles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karen Knolls
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Loves
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Loves is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves
    • Maxwell Hall
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Maxwell Hall is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Hall
    • Mechanicsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Oaks is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
    • Shady Dale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Shady Dale is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Dale
    • Walnut Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Walnut Hills is located in Charles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills

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

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

  • Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rustic Hills to Leonardtown, 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 36 miles [57.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 32 miles [51.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day 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 5,902 miles [9,498.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,604 miles [10,628.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,482 miles [7,213.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rustic Hills 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.
<2>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- Rustic Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rustic Hills 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 Rustic Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4882, Longitude: -76.7283       In this case, the coordinates for Rustic Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.734 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.199 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.743 degrees.