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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 Bishopville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bishopville 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 Bishopville:
    • 38.444328, -75.192963
    • 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 Bishopville
  • 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 Worcester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester County
    • Since Bishopville is near Sussex County and also Wicomico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico 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 Bishopville

Communities Also Named Bishopville ...

We found four communities that are also named Bishopville.

Within Maryland, the name Bishopville is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Allegany County
      • This Bishopville is located in Allegany County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bishopville that is located in Worcester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Bishopville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Bishopville.
    • Ohio
      • Morgan County
      • This Bishopville is located in Morgan County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bishopville that is located in Worcester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Bishopville.
    • South Carolina
      • Lee County
      • This Bishopville is located in Lee County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bishopville that is located in Worcester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Bishopville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bishopville ...

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.

  • Bishop
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Bramblewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bramblewood is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramblewood
  • Bunting
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hidden Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hidden Harbor is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Harbor
  • Holiday Harbor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Holiday Harbor is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Harbor
  • Little Georgetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Little Georgetown is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Georgetown
  • Louis Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Louis Heights is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Heights
  • Magnolia Shores
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Magnolia Shores is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Shores
  • Ocean Pines
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Piney Island
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Piney Island is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Island
  • Piney Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Piney Point is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Point
  • Shingle Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Shingle Landing is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingle Landing
  • Tanglewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Tanglewood is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood

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

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

  • Snow Hill, which is the Seat of Worcester County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bishopville to Snow Hill, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 104 miles [167.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,837 miles [9,393.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,415 miles [7,105.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bishopville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bishopville 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Bishopville 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 Bishopville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4443, Longitude: -75.1930    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.846 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.182 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.131 degrees.