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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 Union Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Union Hills 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 Union Hills:
- 39.600100, -77.149983
- 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 Union Hills
- 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 Carroll County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Carroll County
- Since Union Hills is near Frederick County and also Adams County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Frederick County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Adams 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 Union Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Union Hills ...
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.
- Bear Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Run is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Run
- Cloverberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cloverberry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverberry
- Copperfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Copperfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Copperville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Copperville is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
- Crabster ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crabster is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabster
- Fairground Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fairground Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairground Village
- Glenn Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Glenn Hill is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Hill
- Green Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Meadows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Joseph Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Joseph Meadows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Meadows
- Key Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Key Heights is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key Heights
- Mayberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mayberry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayberry
- Ottersdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ottersdale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottersdale
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pipe Creek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pipe Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipe Creek
- Quaker Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Heights is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Heights
- Rabbit Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rabbit Run is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Run
- Stumptown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stumptown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stumptown
- Sunset Vista
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunset Vista is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Vista
- Union Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Uniontown is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Wheatfields
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wheatfields is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfields
How Far From Union Hills 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 Union Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Union Hills and extending to:
- Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the East.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Union Hills to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 48 miles [77.2 km] to the south (S). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,872 miles [9,450.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,581 miles [10,591.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,457 miles [7,172.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Union Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Union Hills 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 Union Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6001, Longitude: -77.1500 In this case, the coordinates for Union Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.91 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.571 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.489 degrees. |
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