Fort Deterick
in Frederick County of Maryland, United States
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Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field (25 mi) - Washington Dulles International Airport (34 mi)
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshal Airport (44 mi)
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (45 mi)
- Harrisburg International Airport (63 mi)
- Altoona Blair County Airport (76 mi)
- Lancaster Airport (77 mi)
- University Park Airport (100 mi)
- Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (Unesco heritage, 97 mi)
- Clustered Spires Golf Course (Golf course, 3 mi)
- Hollow Creek Country Club at Glenbrook (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Maryland National GC (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Holly Hills Country Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Glade Valley Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Musket Ridge Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- P B Dye Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Whiskey Creek Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Worthington Manor Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- West Winds Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Maryland Heights (observation point, (18 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 39.435 and -77.429 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 39° 26' 7" and W -77° 25' 42"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - USD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Spanish, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 06:09 AM (Monday)
- Timezone: America/New_York
- UTC/GMT offset: -10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:06 am and 4:48 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -34.226 and 115.057 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Hamelin Bay - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United States.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United States. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Fort Deterick
Fort Deterick in Frederick County (Maryland) is a city in United States about 43 mi (or 69 km) north-west of Washington DC, the country's capital.
Local time in Fort Deterick is now 06:09 AM (Monday). The local timezone is named America / New York with an UTC offset of -5 hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Fort Deterick, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field in a distance of 25 mi (or 40 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in a distance of 97 mi (or 156 km), South. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. We found 1 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Frederick, Leesburg, Hagerstown, Gettysburg and Rockville. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 53 °F
| Morning Temperature | 4°C / 39 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
| Night Temperature | 11°C / 51 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 58% |
| Air Pressure | 1020 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 37% of sky |
| General Conditions | Scattered clouds |
Monday, 25th of November 2024
13°C (56 °F)
6°C (42 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
6°C (43 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Wednesday, 27th of November 2024
6°C (43 °F)
4°C (40 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hampton Inn - Suites Frederick-Fort Detrick
Residence Inn Frederick
Homewood Suites by Hilton Frederick
Hampton Inn Frederick
TownePlace Suites Frederick
Courtyard Frederick
Fairfield Inn & Suites Frederick
Hilton Garden Inn Frederick
Home2 Suites by Hilton Frederick
WOODSPRING SUITES FREDERICK
Videos from this area
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Cessna 172 Landing at Frederick Airport Maryland Runway 23 After Snowstorm Jan. 30 2011
Cessna 172 Landing at Frederick Airport Maryland Runway 23 After Snowstorm Jan. 30 2011.
Frederick High School 2015 Girls Lacrosse Preview
Frederick High School 2015 Girls Lacrosse Preview @cadetgirlslax www.cadetsathletics.com @cadetathletics.
2014 Frederick High School Headless Horseman 1k & 5k
The 6th annual Frederick High School Headless Horseman 1k fun run & 5k.
July 4th 2007 Baker Park, City of Frederick, Maryland 1
July 4th 2007 Baker Park, City of Frederick, Maryland part 1. Also see Frederick.com keyword "July 4th"
Happy Holidays from FMH!
Holiday wishes from employees at Frederick Memorial Hospital - video shot during our annual holiday party!
Severe Thunderstorm, Shelf Cloud, and Rainbows - 9/2/2014
Video from Frederick, Maryland of the severe thunderstorms that rolled through the Mid-Atlantic region in the early evening of September 2, 2014. This line of storms produced gusty winds,...
Brazil Day Segway Girls 2009
Beautiful girls take the http://Frederick.com Segway for a spin at the Brazil Day Festival, Baker Park, City of Frederick, Maryland.
July 4thBakerPark.mov
A look at the 4th of July at Baker Park, City of Frederick, Maryland.
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dancers.
Severe Thunderstorm/Torrential Rain and Lightning - July 3, 2014
As the first Mid-Atlantic heatwave of the summer of 2014 came to an end, dangerous severe thunderstorms developed and produced heavy rain, strong wind gusts, and hail in parts of the DC/Baltimore...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Fort Detrick
Fort Detrick is a United States Army Medical Command installation located in Frederick, Maryland, USA. Historically, Fort Detrick was the center of the American biological weapons program from 1943 to 1969. Since the discontinuation of that program, it has hosted most elements of the United States biological defense program.
Clover Hill, Maryland
Clover Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,260 at the 2000 census.
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID, pronounced U-sam-rid) is the U. S Army’s main institution and facility for defensive research into countermeasures against biological warfare. It is located on Fort Detrick, Maryland and is a subordinate lab of the U. S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), headquartered on the same installation. USAMRIID is the only U.S.
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center
The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) is a government biodefense research laboratory created by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and located at the sprawling biodefense campus at Fort Detrick in Frederick, MD, USA. Created quietly a few months after the 2001 anthrax attacks, the NBACC (pronounced EN-back) is intended to be the principal U.S. biodefense research institution engaged in laboratory-based threat assessment and bioforensics.
Building 470
Building 470 — also called the Pilot Plant, or sometimes “the Tower”, or “Anthrax Tower” — was a notorious seven-story steel and brick building at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, USA, used in the small-scale production of biological warfare (BW) agents. The building, a Cold War era structure, was transferred from the Department of Defense to the National Cancer Institute-Frederick (a unit of the National Institutes of Health) in 1988, to which it belonged until 2003 when it was demolished.
Frederick High School
Frederick High School (FHS) is a four-year public high school in Frederick, MD, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. Frederick High School can trace its roots to the 1890s before the boys' and girls' high schools merged in 1923 to form the first Frederick High School. The school serves the town of Frederick along with Governor Thomas Johnson High School and Tuscarora High School, and is only a few miles from Walkersville High School and Urbana High School.
Catoctin High School
Catoctin High School (CHS) is a four-year public high school in Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland, United States.
Frederick Community College
Frederick Community College (FCC) is a community college in Frederick, Maryland.
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