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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 Whispering Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whispering Valley 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 Whispering Valley:
    • 39.670935, -76.893867
    • 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 Whispering Valley
  • 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 Whispering Valley is near York County and also Baltimore County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for York County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore 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 Whispering Valley

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whispering Valley ...

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.

  • Brothers Delight
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Brothers Delight is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothers Delight
  • Cranberry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cranberry is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
  • Dug Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Dug Hill is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dug Hill
  • Forest Knoll
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Knoll is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knoll
  • Green Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Acres is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Greenmount
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenmount is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount
  • Holland Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Holland Hills is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Hills
  • Hunt Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunt Ridge is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Ridge
  • Maple Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Maple Grove is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Meadow View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Meadow View is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow View
  • Park Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Park Ridge is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
  • Peaceful Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Peaceful Valley is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Reeds Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Reeds Village is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Village
    • Royal Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Royal Heights is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Heights
    • Seven Havens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Seven Havens is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Havens
    • Valley Vista
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Valley Vista is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Vista

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Whispering Valley and extending to:

  • Westminster, which is the Seat of Carroll County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Whispering Valley to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> 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 53 miles [85.3 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 over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,859 miles [9,429.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,443 miles [7,150.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Whispering Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Whispering Valley 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 Whispering Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6709, Longitude: -76.8939       In this case, the coordinates for Whispering Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.753 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.403 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.351 degrees.