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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 Greenmount, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenmount 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 Greenmount:
    • 39.765122, -77.272910
    • 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 Greenmount
  • 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 Adams County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Adams County
    • Since Greenmount is near Frederick County and also Carroll 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 Carroll 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 Greenmount

Communities Also Named Greenmount ...

We found six communities that are also named Greenmount.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Greenmount.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Philadelphia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Greenmount [Philadelphia County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Greenmount is located in New Castle County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the east of the Greenmount that is located in Adams County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Greenmount.
    • Kentucky
      • Laurel County
      • This Greenmount is located in Laurel County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Greenmount that is located in Adams County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurel County community of Greenmount.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Greenmount is located in Carroll County and lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Greenmount that is located in Adams County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Greenmount.
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Greenmount [Montgomery County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Greenmount lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Greenmount that is located in Adams County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenmount ...

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.

  • Black Horse Tavern
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Black Horse Tavern is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse Tavern
  • Blackberry Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Blackberry Hills is located in Frederick County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry Hills
  • Bullock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bullock is located in Frederick County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
  • Fairplay
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Fairplay is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairplay
  • Fourpoints
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fourpoints is located in Frederick County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourpoints
  • Glass
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Glass is located in Frederick County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
  • Hammer Hall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Hammer Hall is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammer Hall
  • Iron Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Iron Springs is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
  • Jacks Mountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Lake Heritage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Heritage is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Heritage
  • Longs ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Longs is located in Frederick County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs
  • Longville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Longville is located in Carroll County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Mairs Mill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Mairs Mill is located in Carroll County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mairs Mill
    • Marshall
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Marshall is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
    • Round Top
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Round Top is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
    • Seven Stars
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Seven Stars is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
    • Shanks Mill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Shanks Mill is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanks Mill
    • Silo Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Silo Hill is located in Frederick County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silo Hill
    • Two Taverns
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Two Taverns is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Taverns
    • Virginia Mills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Gettysburg, which is the Seat of Adams County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 41 miles [66 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Greenmount to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> 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 61 miles [98.2 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 about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,871 miles [9,448.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,580 miles [10,589.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,456 miles [7,171.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Greenmount 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.
<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- Greenmount) 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 Greenmount 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 Greenmount. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7651, Longitude: -77.2729    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.972 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.667 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.477 degrees.