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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 Wrights Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wrights Crossroads 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 Wrights Crossroads:
    • 39.151779, -75.730209
    • 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 Wrights Crossroads
  • 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 Wrights Crossroads 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 Wrights Crossroads

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wrights Crossroads ...

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.

  • Bolton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bolton is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
  • Chapeltown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Chapeltown is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
  • Choptank Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Choptank Mills is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Mills
  • Downs Chapel
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Downs Chapel is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Chapel
  • Everetts Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Everetts Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts Corner
  • Fords Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fords Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Corner
  • Forest Gate
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Forest Gate is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Gate
  • Hourglass
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hourglass is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hourglass
  • Kane Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kane Crossroads is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane Crossroads
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Meadow Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Meadow Ridge is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Ridge
    • Peters Corners
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Peters Corners is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Corners
    • Shorts Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Shorts Corner is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Corner
    • Slaughter
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Slaughter is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
    • Templeville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
    • Whigville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Whigville is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville

How Far From Wrights Crossroads to ...

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 Wrights Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Wrights Crossroads 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 11 miles [17.7 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 72 miles [115.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,534 miles [10,515.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,412 miles [7,100.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wrights Crossroads) 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 Wrights Crossroads 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 Wrights Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1518, Longitude: -75.7302       In this case, the coordinates for Wrights Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.104 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.585 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.066 degrees.