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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 Spencerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spencerville 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 Spencerville:
    • 39.114275, -76.978310
    • 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 Spencerville
  • 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 Spencerville is near Howard County and also Prince George's 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 Prince George's 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 Spencerville

Communities Also Named Spencerville ...

We found six communities that are also named Spencerville.

Within Maryland, the name Spencerville is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • DeKalb County
      • This Spencerville is located in DeKalb County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Spencerville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Spencerville.
    • Kansas
      • Shawnee 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 Kansas community of Spencerville [Shawnee County].
    • New Mexico
      • San Juan County
      • This Spencerville is located in San Juan County and lies 1,691 miles [2,721.4 km]<1> to the west of the Spencerville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Spencerville.
    • Ohio
      • Allen County
      • This Spencerville is located in Allen County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Spencerville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Spencerville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Choctaw County
      • This Spencerville is located in Choctaw County and lies 1,072 miles [1,725.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Spencerville that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Spencerville.
    • Ontario
      • This Spencerville lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<1> to the north of the Spencerville that is located in Montgomery County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spencerville ...

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.

  • Castlegate
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Castlegate is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlegate
  • Deer Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Deer Park is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
  • Fairknoll
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Fairknoll is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairknoll
  • Gayfields
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Gayfields is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayfields
  • Good Hope
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Good Hope is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
  • Green Castle Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Castle Woods is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Castle Woods
  • Gum Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Gum Springs is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
  • Hemlock Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hemlock Hill is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Hill
  • Highland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Holly House
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holly House is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly House
  • Homecrest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Homecrest is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecrest
  • Hopkins Mead
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hopkins Mead is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Mead
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Knightsbridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Knightsbridge is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsbridge
    • Lime Kiln Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lime Kiln Valley is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Kiln Valley
    • Maydale
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Maydale is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maydale
    • Quail Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Quail Hill is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hill
    • Quaint Acres
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Quaint Acres is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaint Acres
    • Rocky Brook Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Rocky Brook Park is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook Park
    • Saddle Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Saddle Creek is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Creek
    • Sandy Spring
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Springbrook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Springbrook is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
    • Springwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Springwood is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood

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

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

  • Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Spencerville to Rockville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 15 miles [24.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,886 miles [9,472.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,592 miles [10,608.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,468 miles [7,190.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Spencerville) 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 Spencerville 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 Spencerville 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 Spencerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1143, Longitude: -76.9783       In this case, the coordinates for Spencerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.841 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.417 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.606 degrees.