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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 Sunrise, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunrise 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 Sunrise:
- 39.315102, -77.555822
- 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 Sunrise
- 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 Frederick County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Since Sunrise is near Loudoun County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Loudoun County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Sunrise
Communities Also Named Sunrise ...
We found 41 communities that are also named Sunrise.
There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Sunrise.
Beyond Maryland, we know of 39 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 40 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Maryland ...
- Calvert County
- This Sunrise is located in Calvert County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Sunrise.
- Carroll 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 Maryland community of Sunrise [Carroll County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Talladega County
- This Sunrise is located in Talladega County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Sunrise.
- Alaska
- This Sunrise lies 3,306 miles [5,320.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- Arizona
- Coconino County
- This Sunrise is located in Coconino County and lies 1,846 miles [2,970.8 km]<1> to the west of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coconino County community of Sunrise.
- Arkansas
- White County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Sunrise [White County].
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Sunrise is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,241 miles [3,606.5 km]<1> to the west of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Sunrise.
- Florida
- Broward County
- This Sunrise is located in Broward County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<1> to the south of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Sunrise.
- Hillsborough County
- This Sunrise is located in Hillsborough County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km] to the south southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Sunrise.
- Sarasota County
- This Sunrise is located in Sarasota County and lies 878 miles [1,413 km] to the south southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sarasota County community of Sunrise.
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- This Sunrise is located in Fulton County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Sunrise.
- Illinois
- La Salle 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 Illinois community of Sunrise [La Salle County].
- Kentucky
- Harrison County
- This Sunrise is located in Harrison County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the west of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Sunrise.
- Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- This Sunrise is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Sunrise.
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- This Sunrise is located in West Baton Rouge Parish and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km] to the southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Baton Rouge Parish community of Sunrise.
- Minnesota
- Chisago County
- This Sunrise is located in Chisago County and lies 888 miles [1,429.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chisago County community of Sunrise.
- Mississippi
- Forrest County
- This Sunrise is located in Forrest County and lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forrest County community of Sunrise.
- Leake County
- This Sunrise is located in Leake County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km] to the west southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leake County community of Sunrise.
- Missouri
- Barry County
- This Sunrise is located in Barry County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<1> to the west of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Sunrise.
- Dunklin County
- This Sunrise is located in Dunklin County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km] to the west southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dunklin County community of Sunrise.
- Nebraska
- Merrick County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Merrick County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrick County community of Sunrise.
- North Carolina
- Wayne 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 North Carolina community of Sunrise [Wayne County].
- Nova Scotia
- This Sunrise lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- Ohio
- Lawrence County
- This Sunrise is located in Lawrence County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the west of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Sunrise.
- Oklahoma
- Okfuskee County
- This Sunrise is located in Okfuskee County and lies 1,049 miles [1,688.2 km]<1> to the west of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okfuskee County community of Sunrise.
- Okmulgee County
- This Sunrise is located in Okmulgee County and lies 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km] to the west of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okmulgee County community of Sunrise.
- Pennsylvania
- Berks County
- This Sunrise is located in Berks County and lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Sunrise.
- Jefferson County
- This Sunrise is located in Jefferson County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km] to the northwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Sunrise.
- Tennessee
- Grainger 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 Tennessee community of Sunrise [Grainger County].
- Hickman County
- This Sunrise is located in Hickman County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hickman County community of Sunrise.
- Knox County
- This Sunrise is located in Knox County and lies 407 miles [655 km] to the west southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Sunrise.
- Macon County
- This Sunrise is located in Macon County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km] to the west southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Sunrise.
- Texas
- El Paso 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 Texas community of Sunrise [El Paso County].
- Falls County
- This Sunrise is located in Falls County and lies 1,218 miles [1,960.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Falls County community of Sunrise.
- Hidalgo County
- This Sunrise is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,483 miles [2,386.7 km] to the west southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Sunrise.
- San Augustine County
- This Sunrise is located in San Augustine County and lies 1,072 miles [1,725.2 km] to the west southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Augustine County community of Sunrise.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Sunrise is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,807 miles [2,908.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Sunrise.
- Virginia
- Bath County
- This Sunrise is located in Bath County and lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bath County community of Sunrise.
- Washington
- Pierce County
- This Sunrise is located in Pierce County and lies 2,251 miles [3,622.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Sunrise.
- West Virginia
- Wood County
- This Sunrise is located in Wood County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the west of the Sunrise that is located in Frederick County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Sunrise.
- Wyoming
- Platte County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Sunrise [Platte County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunrise ...
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.
- Boss Arnold Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Boss Arnold Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boss Arnold Village
- Copperfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Copperfield is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Furnace Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Furnace Mountain is located in Loudoun County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Mountain
- Lewis Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lewis Mill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mill
- Manor Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Manor Village is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Village
- Merry Midnight
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Merry Midnight is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Midnight
- Olive
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Olive is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Petersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Petersville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Pleasant View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Poplar Thicket
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Poplar Thicket is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Thicket
- Potomac Overlook
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Potomac Overlook is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac Overlook
- Rice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rice is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rock Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Hall is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hall
- Roundtree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Roundtree is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtree
- Slabtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Slabtown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Springview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Springview is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springview
How Far From Sunrise 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 Sunrise to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunrise and extending to:
- Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sunrise to Frederick, 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 61 miles [98.2 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 about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 40 miles [64.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,902 miles [9,498.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,486 miles [7,219.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunrise) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Sunrise 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sunrise, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Sunrise 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 Sunrise. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3151, Longitude: -77.5558 In this case, the coordinates for Sunrise have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.171 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.823 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.774 degrees. |
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