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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 Southview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southview 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 Southview:
    • 39.272050, -77.202761
    • 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 Southview
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Southview is near Howard County and also Frederick County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 Southview

Communities Also Named Southview ...

We found five communities that are also named Southview.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Southview.

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Howard County
      • This Southview is located in Howard County and lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the east of the Southview that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Southview.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Broome 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 New York community of Southview [Broome County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Southview is located in Washington County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Southview that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Southview.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Southview is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,825 miles [2,937.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Southview that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Southview.
    • Virginia
      • Frederick County
      • This Southview is located in Frederick County and lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the west of the Southview that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Southview.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Southview ...

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.

  • Bootjack
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bootjack is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootjack
  • Cedar Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Damascus
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Damascus Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Damascus Gardens is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus Gardens
  • Damascus Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Damascus Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus Hill
  • Diamond View
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Diamond View is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond View
  • Friendship
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Friendship is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Greenhills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Greenhills is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhills
  • Harmony Hall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Harmony Hall is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hall
  • Hickory Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hickory Ridge is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
  • Highview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Highview is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
  • Kings Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Kings Valley is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
  • Sweepstakes
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Sweepstakes is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweepstakes
  • Wilderness Walk
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Wilderness Walk is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness Walk

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

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

  • Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Southview to Rockville, 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 43 miles [69.2 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 27 miles [43.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take just over 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 5,889 miles [9,477.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,472 miles [7,197 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Southview) 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 Southview 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'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 Southview 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 Southview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2721, Longitude: -77.2028       In this case, the coordinates for Southview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.964 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.581 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.64 degrees.