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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 Lake Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Lake Park 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 Lake Park:
- 39.059275, -77.114979
- 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 Lake Park
- 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 Lake Park is near Fairfax County and also Prince George's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfax 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 Spring Lake Park
Communities Also Named Spring Lake Park ...
We found one communities that are also named Spring Lake Park.
Within Maryland, the name Spring Lake Park is unique.
Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Spring Lake Park in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
- Anoka County
- This Spring Lake Park is located in Anoka County and lies 924 miles [1,487 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Spring Lake Park that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anoka County community of Spring Lake Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Lake Park ...
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.
- Beantown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beantown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beantown
- English Manor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- English Manor is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Manor
- Harmony Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hills
- Heritage Walk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Walk is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Walk
- Holiday Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Holiday Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Park
- Lone Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lone Oak is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Marymount
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Marymount is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marymount
- Randolph Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Randolph Hills is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph Hills
- Rock Creek Palisades
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek Palisades is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Palisades
- Rock Creek Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rock Creek Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek Village
- Rockcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rockcrest is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockcrest
- Rockland
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rockland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Rockville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scotland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Scotland is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Silver Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Silver Rock is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Rock
- Stoney Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stoney Brook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Brook
- Sycamore Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Creek
- Twin Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Twin Brook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Brook
- Walnut Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Walnut Woods is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Woods
How Far From Spring Lake Park 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 Lake Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Spring Lake Park and extending to:
- Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Spring Lake Park to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 11 miles [17.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,894 miles [9,485.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,600 miles [10,621.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spring Lake Park) 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 Lake Park 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 Lake Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0593, Longitude: -77.1150 In this case, the coordinates for Spring Lake Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.925 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.504 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.685 degrees. |
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