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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 Wesley Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wesley Chapel 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 Wesley Chapel:
    • 39.554825, -76.879423
    • 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 Wesley Chapel
  • 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 Wesley Chapel is near Baltimore County and also York County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York 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 Wesley Chapel

Communities Also Named Wesley Chapel ...

We found six communities that are also named Wesley Chapel.

Within Maryland, the name Wesley Chapel is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Conway County
      • This Wesley Chapel is located in Conway County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wesley Chapel that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conway County community of Wesley Chapel.
    • Florida
      • Pasco County
      • This Wesley Chapel is located in Pasco County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Wesley Chapel that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasco County community of Wesley Chapel.
    • New York
      • Rockland 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 New York community of Wesley Chapel [Rockland County].
    • North Carolina
      • Union County
      • This Wesley Chapel is located in Union County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wesley Chapel that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Wesley Chapel.
    • Ohio
      • Fairfield County
      • This Wesley Chapel is located in Fairfield County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the west of the Wesley Chapel that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Wesley Chapel.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cambria County
      • This Wesley Chapel is located in Cambria County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wesley Chapel that is located in Carroll County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Wesley Chapel.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wesley Chapel ...

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.

  • Adams Chance
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Adams Chance is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Chance
  • Beaver Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaver Ridge is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Ridge
  • Ben-Har Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Ben-Har Heights is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben-Har Heights
  • Boring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Clear View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clear View is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear View
  • Evergreen Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Evergreen Hills is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Hills
  • Finlandia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Finlandia is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finlandia
  • Harris Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Harris Heights is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Heights
  • Lawndale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lawndale is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
  • Lees Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lees Corner is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Corner
  • Lees Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lees Mill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Mill
  • Monarch Meadow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Monarch Meadow is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch Meadow
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Pheasant Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pheasant Run is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
    • Pleasant Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Pleasant Run is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
    • Raven Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Raven Run is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Run
    • Roberts Field
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Roberts Field is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Field
    • Sandyville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sandyville is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
    • Singer Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Singer Heights is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singer Heights
    • Summer Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Summer Hills is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hills
    • Tabbys Delight
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Tabbys Delight is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabbys Delight
    • Tannery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Tannery is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannery
    • Twin Knolls
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Twin Knolls is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Knolls
    • Winterberry
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Winterberry is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterberry
    • Wolf Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Wolf Hill is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Hill

How Far From Wesley Chapel to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wesley Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Wesley Chapel 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 most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 46 miles [74 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,863 miles [9,435.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,570 miles [10,573.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,447 miles [7,156.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Wesley Chapel) 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 Wesley Chapel 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 Wesley Chapel 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 Wesley Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5548, Longitude: -76.8794       In this case, the coordinates for Wesley Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.752 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.385 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.391 degrees.