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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 Choptank Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Choptank Mills 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 Choptank Mills:
    • 39.067057, -75.735209
    • 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 Choptank Mills
  • 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
    • Since Choptank Mills is near Caroline County and also Queen Anne's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's 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 Choptank Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Choptank Mills ...

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.

  • Chapeltown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chapeltown is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
  • Choptank Pines
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Choptank Pines is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Pines
  • Choptank Ponds
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Choptank Ponds is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Ponds
  • Edwardsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Edwardsville is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
  • Greens Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greens Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Corner
  • Hollandsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hollandsville is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandsville
  • Hourglass
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hourglass is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hourglass
  • Hughes Crossroads
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hughes Crossroads is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Crossroads
  • Kane Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Kane Crossroads is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane Crossroads
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lords Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Lords Corner is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lords Corner
    • Sandtown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Sandtown is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
    • Slaughter
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Slaughter is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
    • Templeville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
    • Union Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Corner is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corner
    • Willow Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Willow Grove is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove

How Far From Choptank Mills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Choptank Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Choptank Mills to Dover, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 70 miles [112.7 km] to the west (W). 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 shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,835 miles [9,390.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,415 miles [7,105.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Choptank Mills) 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 Choptank Mills 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 Choptank Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0671, Longitude: -75.7352       In this case, the coordinates for Choptank Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.113 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.583 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.102 degrees.