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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 Stoneleigh, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stoneleigh 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 Stoneleigh:
    • 39.380662, -76.603023
    • 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 Stoneleigh
  • 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Since Stoneleigh is near Baltimore City and also Anne Arundel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel 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 Stoneleigh

Communities Also Named Stoneleigh ...

We found four communities that are also named Stoneleigh.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Harford County
      • This Stoneleigh is located in Harford County and lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Stoneleigh that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Stoneleigh.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Stoneleigh is located in Hillsborough County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stoneleigh that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Stoneleigh.
    • Ontario
      • This Stoneleigh lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Stoneleigh that is located in Baltimore County.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Stoneleigh [Fairfax County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stoneleigh ...

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.

  • Bare Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bare Hills is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bare Hills
  • Chestnut Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Cowpen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cowpen is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpen
  • Donnybrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Donnybrook is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnybrook
  • Evergreen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Evergreen is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Fellowship Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Fellowship Forest is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Forest
  • Four Winds
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Four Winds is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Winds
  • Gallagher Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Gallagher Park is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallagher Park
  • Green Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Green Ridge is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
  • Hillendale
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hillendale is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale
  • Hillendale Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hillendale Farms is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale Farms
  • Hillendale Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hillendale Park is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale Park
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Homeland
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Homeland is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
    • Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Lake is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
    • Martins Choice
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Martins Choice is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Choice
    • Orchard Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Orchard Hills is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
    • Ramblewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Ramblewood is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
    • Ridervale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ridervale is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridervale
    • Riderwood Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Riderwood Hills is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riderwood Hills
    • Rodgers Forge
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Rodgers Forge is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers Forge

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

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

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies just to the North.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Stoneleigh to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full 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 40 miles [64.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 over two days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,859 miles [9,429.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,441 miles [7,147.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stoneleigh) 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 Stoneleigh 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 Stoneleigh 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 Stoneleigh. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3807, Longitude: -76.6030       In this case, the coordinates for Stoneleigh have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.601 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.185 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.342 degrees.