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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 Tranquility, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tranquility 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 Tranquility:
    • 39.345937, -77.260539
    • 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 Tranquility
  • 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 Tranquility is near Montgomery County and also Carroll County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll 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 Tranquility

Communities Also Named Tranquility ...

We found seven communities that are also named Tranquility.

There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Tranquility.

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Anne Arundel County
      • This Tranquility is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Tranquility that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Tranquility.
    • Calvert County
      • This Tranquility is located in Calvert County and lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Tranquility that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Tranquility.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Fresno 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 California community of Tranquility [Fresno County].
    • New Jersey
      • Sussex County
      • This Tranquility is located in Sussex County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Tranquility that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Tranquility.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Tranquility is located in Henderson County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Tranquility that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Tranquility.
    • Ohio
      • Adams County
      • This Tranquility is located in Adams County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the west of the Tranquility that is located in Frederick County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Tranquility.
    • Ontario
      • This Tranquility lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Tranquility that is located in Frederick County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tranquility ...

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.

  • Englandtowne
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Englandtowne is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englandtowne
  • Fountain Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Fountain Mills is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Mills
  • Friendship
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Friendship is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Gently Savage
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Gently Savage is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gently Savage
  • Green Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Green Hills is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
  • Highview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Highview is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
  • Land of Promise
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Land of Promise is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Promise
  • Meadowbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Pleasant Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Frederick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Quail Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Quail Run is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Run
    • Rattle Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Rattle Ridge is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattle Ridge
    • Stonelake
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Stonelake is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonelake
    • Sugarloaf Overlook
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Sugarloaf Overlook is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Overlook
    • Sunnybrook Farms
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sunnybrook Farms is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook Farms
    • Wolf Den Spring
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Wolf Den Spring is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Den Spring

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

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

  • Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tranquility to Frederick, with an average speed<3> 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 48 miles [77.2 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 33 miles [53.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,888 miles [9,475.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,472 miles [7,197 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tranquility) 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 Tranquility 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 Tranquility 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 Tranquility. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3459, Longitude: -77.2605       In this case, the coordinates for Tranquility have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.993 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.626 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.636 degrees.