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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 Waring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Waring 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 Waring:
    • 39.160107, -77.251372
    • 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 Waring
  • 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
    • Since Waring is near Loudoun County and also Frederick 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 Frederick 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 Waring

Communities Also Named Waring ...

We found four communities that are also named Waring.

Within Maryland, the name Waring is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Whitfield County
      • This Waring is located in Whitfield County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Waring that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitfield County community of Waring.
    • Kansas
      • Ness 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 Kansas community of Waring [Ness County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Crawford County
      • This Waring is located in Crawford County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Waring that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Waring.
    • Texas
      • Kendall County
      • This Waring is located in Kendall County and lies 1,375 miles [2,212.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Waring that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kendall County community of Waring.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Waring ...

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.

  • Brown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Brown is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
  • Clopper
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Clopper is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopper
  • Coventry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Coventry is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
  • Diamond Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Diamond Farms is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Farms
  • Fox Chapel
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Fox Chapel is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chapel
  • Kings Square
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Kings Square is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Square
  • Kingsview Knolls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Kingsview Knolls is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsview Knolls
  • Liberty Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Liberty Heights is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Heights
  • Londonderry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Londonderry is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
  • Longdraft
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Longdraft is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdraft
  • Nathans Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Nathans Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathans Hill
  • Orchard Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Orchard Place is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Place
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Orchard Pond
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Orchard Pond is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Pond
    • Parkridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Parkridge is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkridge
    • Pleasant Fields
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Fields is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Fields
    • Pleasant Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Run is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
    • Quail Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Quail Ridge is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Willow Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Willow Ridge is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Ridge

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Waring once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Waring and extending to:

  • Rockville, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Waring to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 21 miles [33.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,895 miles [9,487.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,602 miles [10,624.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,479 miles [7,208.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Waring) 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 Waring 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 Waring, 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 Waring 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 Waring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1601, Longitude: -77.2514       In this case, the coordinates for Waring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.00 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.604 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.703 degrees.