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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 Cherry Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherry Point 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 Cherry Point:
    • 38.830115, -76.532458
    • 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 Cherry Point
  • 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 Anne Arundel County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
    • Since Cherry Point is near Calvert County and also Queen Anne's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert 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 Cherry Point

Communities Also Named Cherry Point ...

We found five communities that are also named Cherry Point.

Within Maryland, the name Cherry Point is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Cherry Point lies 2,299 miles [3,699.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cherry Point that is located in Anne Arundel County.
    • British Columbia
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Illinois
      • Edgar County
      • This Cherry Point is located in Edgar County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the west of the Cherry Point that is located in Anne Arundel County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgar County community of Cherry Point.
    • North Carolina
      • Craven County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cherry Point [Craven County].
    • Washington
      • Whatcom County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Cherry Point [Whatcom County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherry Point ...

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.

  • Bahama View
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Bahama View is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bahama View
  • Chalk Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Chalk Point is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Point
  • Chapel Knoll
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Chapel Knoll is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Knoll
  • Felicity Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Felicity Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felicity Cove
  • Galesville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Holly Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Holly Landing is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Landing
  • Mimosa Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Mimosa Cove is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Cove
  • Rest Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Rest Haven is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven
  • Shady Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Shady Oaks is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks
  • Shady Side
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Snug Harbor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Snug Harbor is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
  • Spyglass
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Spyglass is located in Anne Arundel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spyglass
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Swans
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Swans is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swans
    • Tabernacle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Tabernacle is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
    • Tiffany Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Tiffany Woods is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany Woods
    • Traceys Meadows
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Traceys Meadows is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traceys Meadows

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

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

  • Annapolis, which is the Seat of Anne Arundel County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cherry Point to Annapolis, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 27 miles [43.5 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,879 miles [9,461.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,582 miles [10,592.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,460 miles [7,177.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 from Point A (ie- Cherry Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cherry Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cherry Point 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Cherry Point 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 Cherry Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8301, Longitude: -76.5325       In this case, the coordinates for Cherry Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.597 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.096 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.529 degrees.