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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 Sunset Knoll, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunset Knoll 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 Sunset Knoll:
    • 39.650112, -76.028003
    • 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 Sunset Knoll
  • 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 Cecil County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
    • Since Sunset Knoll is near Chester County and also Harford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harford 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 Sunset Knoll

Communities Also Named Sunset Knoll ...

We found three communities that are also named Sunset Knoll.

There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Sunset Knoll.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Sunset Knoll in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Anne Arundel County
      • This Sunset Knoll is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sunset Knoll that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Sunset Knoll.
    • Baltimore County
      • This Sunset Knoll is located in Baltimore County and lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sunset Knoll that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Sunset Knoll.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Delaware 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 Indiana community of Sunset Knoll [Delaware County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunset Knoll ...

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.

  • Clearview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Clearview is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Craigtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Craigtown is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigtown
  • Frank
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Frank is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank
  • Honeysuckle Hollow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Honeysuckle Hollow is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Hollow
  • Leslie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Leslie is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Liberty Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Liberty Grove is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
  • Manor Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Manor Heights is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Heights
  • Misty Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Misty Meadows is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Meadows
  • Orchard View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Orchard View is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
  • Pleasant View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant View is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Port Deposit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rising Sun
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Spring Meadow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Meadow is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadow
    • Stony Chase Court
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Stony Chase Court is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Chase Court
    • Sunnyside
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunnyside is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Sunset Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunset Gardens is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Gardens
    • Sunview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunview is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunview
    • Sweet Grass Meadow
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Sweet Grass Meadow is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Grass Meadow
    • Vinegar Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Vinegar Hill is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Hill
    • Woodlawn
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodlawn is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Zion
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Zion is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

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

  • Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sunset Knoll to Elkton, 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 52 miles [83.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 74 miles [119.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,823 miles [9,371.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,406 miles [7,090.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 from Point A (ie- Sunset Knoll) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Sunset Knoll 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 Sunset Knoll 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 Sunset Knoll. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6501, Longitude: -76.0280       In this case, the coordinates for Sunset Knoll have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.24 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.818 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.989 degrees.