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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 Spring Garden Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Garden Estates and the surrounding area.
- 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 Spring Garden Estates:
- 39.263161, -77.225539
- 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 Spring Garden Estates
- 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 Spring Garden Estates is near Frederick County and also Howard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard 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 Spring Garden Estates
Communities Also Named Spring Garden Estates ...
We found one communities that are also named Spring Garden Estates.
There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Spring Garden Estates.
Beyond Maryland.
- Communities Located In Maryland ...
- Frederick County
- This Spring Garden Estates is located in Frederick County and lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Spring Garden Estates that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Spring Garden Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Garden Estates ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Damascus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Damascus Gardens is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus Gardens
- Damascus Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Damascus Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus Hill
- Diamond View
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Diamond View is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond View
- Fountain View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain View is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain View
- Greenhills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenhills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhills
- Harmony Hall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harmony Hall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hall
- Hickory Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Highview
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Highview is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
- Kings Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kings Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
- Lewisdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisdale
- Sweepstakes
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sweepstakes is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweepstakes
- Wildcat Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wildcat Forest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat Forest
- Wilderness Walk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilderness Walk is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilderness Walk
How Far From Spring Garden Estates 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 Spring Garden Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spring Garden Estates and extending to:
- Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Spring Garden Estates to Rockville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,890 miles [9,479 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,597 miles [10,616.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,473 miles [7,198.6 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- Spring Garden Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Spring Garden Estates 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 Spring Garden Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2632, Longitude: -77.2255 In this case, the coordinates for Spring Garden Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.978 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.595 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.653 degrees. |
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