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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 Calverton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Calverton 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 Calverton:
    • 38.940113, -76.298565
    • 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 Calverton
  • 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 Queen Anne's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's County
    • Since Calverton is near Talbot County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Calverton

Communities Also Named Calverton ...

We found five communities that are also named Calverton.

There are three communities within Maryland that are also named Calverton.

Beyond Maryland, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Baltimore City
      • This Calverton is located in Baltimore City and lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Calverton that is located in Queen Anne's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Calverton.
    • 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 Maryland community of Calverton [Montgomery County].
    • Prince George's County
      • This Calverton is located in Prince George's County and lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Calverton that is located in Queen Anne's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Calverton.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Calverton is located in Suffolk County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Calverton that is located in Queen Anne's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Calverton.
    • Virginia
      • Fauquier County
      • This Calverton is located in Fauquier County and lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Calverton that is located in Queen Anne's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Calverton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Calverton ...

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.

  • Chester
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cloverfields
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cloverfields is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverfields
  • Dominion
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Dominion is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
  • Harborview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Harborview is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harborview
  • Island View
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Island View is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
  • Kangaroo Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kangaroo Beach is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kangaroo Beach
  • Kent Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Kent Cove is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cove
  • Kent Narrows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
  • Kentwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kentwood is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentwood
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Narrows
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
    • Paradise Island
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Paradise Island is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Island
    • Sharktown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Sharktown is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharktown
    • Shipping Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Shipping Creek is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipping Creek
    • Stevensville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Walnut Shores
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Walnut Shores is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shores

How Far From Calverton to ...

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

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

  • Centreville, which is the Seat of Queen Anne's County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Calverton to Centreville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 39 miles [62.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,864 miles [9,437.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,568 miles [10,570.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,445 miles [7,153.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Calverton) 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 Calverton 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 Calverton 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 Calverton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9401, Longitude: -76.2986       In this case, the coordinates for Calverton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.452 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.949 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.388 degrees.