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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 Baltimore:
35.984266, -83.059320
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.
We found 22 communities that share the name Baltimore.
Within Tennessee, the name Baltimore is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, twenty are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Cullman County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Baltimore [Cullman County].
California
Placer County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Baltimore [Placer County].
Colorado
Gilpin County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Baltimore [Gilpin County].
Delaware
Baltimore #
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 Delaware community of Baltimore.
Georgia
Wilkes 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 Georgia community of Baltimore [Wilkes County].
Indiana
Warren County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Baltimore [Warren County].
Iowa
Henry County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Baltimore [Henry County].
Kansas
Anderson 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 Baltimore [Anderson County].
Cowley County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Baltimore [Cowley County].
Kentucky
Graves County
This Baltimore is located in Graves County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<3> to the west of the Baltimore that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graves County community of Baltimore.
Hickman 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 Kentucky community of Baltimore [Hickman County].
Maryland
Baltimore City
This Baltimore is located in Baltimore City and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<3> to the northeast of the Baltimore that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Baltimore.
Michigan
Ontonagon County
Although located in Ontonagon County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontonagon County community of Baltimore.
New Brunswick
This Baltimore lies 1,168 miles [1,879.7 km]<3> to the northeast of the Baltimore that is located in Cocke County.
New York
Cortland County
This Baltimore is located in Cortland County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<3> to the northeast of the Baltimore that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cortland County community of Baltimore.
North Carolina
Bladen County
This Baltimore is located in Bladen County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Baltimore that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bladen County community of Baltimore.
Yadkin County
This Baltimore is located in Yadkin County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the east of the Baltimore that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yadkin County community of Baltimore.
Ohio
Fairfield County
This Baltimore is located in Fairfield County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<3> to the north of the Baltimore that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Baltimore.
Montgomery 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 Ohio community of Baltimore [Montgomery County].
Warren County
This community is historic<1> and although located in Warren County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Baltimore.
Ontario
This Baltimore lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Baltimore that is located in Cocke County.
Vermont
Windsor County
This Baltimore is located in Windsor County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<3> to the northeast of the Baltimore that is located in Cocke County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Baltimore.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Baltimore ...
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.
Bat Harbor (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bat Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wolf Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
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 Baltimore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Baltimore and extending to:
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Baltimore to Nashville, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 386 miles [621.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,988 miles [11,246.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,864 miles [7,827.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Baltimore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Baltimore 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>
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- Baltimore) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Baltimore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9843, Longitude: -83.0593 In this case, the coordinates for Baltimore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>
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.
<8>
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 Baltimore to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.528 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.161 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.173 degrees.