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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 Wiles Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wiles Estates 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 Wiles Estates:
- 39.477601, -77.559988
- 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 Wiles Estates
- 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 Wiles Estates is near Washington County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Wiles Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wiles Estates ...
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.
- Blank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blank is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blank
- Cross Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cross Hollow is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Hollow
- Fishers Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fishers Hollow is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Hollow
- Fountain Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain Dale is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Dale
- Frostown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Frostown is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostown
- Harmony
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Harmony is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Harmony Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Harmony Knolls is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Knolls
- Hawbottom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hawbottom is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawbottom
- Highfields
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Highfields is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highfields
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Homers Delight
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Homers Delight is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homers Delight
- Jerusalem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jerusalem is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Lens Rambles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lens Rambles is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lens Rambles
- Meadow Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Meadow Ridge is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Ridge
- Shady Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Spoolsville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Spoolsville is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spoolsville
- Station Roads
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Station Roads is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Roads
- Turkey Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Hill is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Hill
- Vista Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vista Farms is located in Frederick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Farms
How Far From Wiles Estates 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 Wiles Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Wiles Estates and extending to:
- Frederick, which is the Seat of Frederick County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Wiles Estates to Frederick, with an average speed<2> 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 66 miles [106.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 48 miles [77.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving 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<3> 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).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,604 miles [10,628.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,480 miles [7,209.9 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 from Point A (ie- Wiles Estates) 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 Wiles Estates 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 Wiles Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4776, Longitude: -77.5600 In this case, the coordinates for Wiles Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.163 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.839 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.713 degrees. |
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