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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 Scotsdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scotsdale 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 Scotsdale:
    • 39.504269, -76.970536
    • 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 Scotsdale
  • 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
    • Since Scotsdale is near Baltimore County and also Frederick 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 Frederick 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 Scotsdale

Communities Also Named Scotsdale ...

We found two communities that are also named Scotsdale.

Within Maryland, the name Scotsdale is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Jefferson County
      • This Scotsdale is located in Jefferson County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the west of the Scotsdale that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Scotsdale.
    • Texas
      • El Paso 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 Texas community of Scotsdale [El Paso County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Scotsdale ...

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.

  • Beaver Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Beaver Ridge is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Ridge
  • Bird Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Bird Hill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird Hill
  • Charolais Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Charolais Acres is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charolais Acres
  • Deep Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Deep Valley is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Valley
  • Deerpark
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Deerpark is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerpark
  • Fieldcrest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Fieldcrest is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldcrest
  • Four Seasons
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Four Seasons is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
  • Greenleaf
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Greenleaf is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
  • High Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • High Ridge is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge
  • Home Farm
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Home Farm is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Farm
  • Lynn Lee
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lynn Lee is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Lee
  • Maple Crest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Maple Crest is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Crest
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Monarch Meadow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Monarch Meadow is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch Meadow
    • Mountain View
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Mountain View is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
    • Peach Brandy Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Peach Brandy Village is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Brandy Village
    • Peppermint Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Peppermint Park is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppermint Park
    • Rebecca Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Rebecca Ridge is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca Ridge
    • Sandyville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandyville is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
    • Smallwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Smallwood is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
    • Walnut Grove Mills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Walnut Grove Mills is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Mills

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

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

  • Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Scotsdale to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 42 miles [67.6 km] to the south (S). 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 about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,869 miles [9,445.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,576 miles [10,583 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,453 miles [7,166.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Scotsdale) 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 Scotsdale 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 Scotsdale 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 Scotsdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5043, Longitude: -76.9705       In this case, the coordinates for Scotsdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.81 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.442 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.45 degrees.