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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 Ewingville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ewingville 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 Ewingville:
    • 39.697333, -75.907164
    • 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 Ewingville
  • 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 Cecil County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
    • Since Ewingville is near Chester County and also New Castle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle 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 Ewingville

Communities Also Named Ewingville ...

We found three communities that are also named Ewingville.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Ewingville.

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Queen Anne's County
      • This Ewingville is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the south of the Ewingville that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Ewingville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Mercer County
      • This Ewingville is located in Mercer County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ewingville that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Ewingville.
    • Tennessee
      • Williamson County
      • This Ewingville is located in Williamson County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Ewingville that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Ewingville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ewingville ...

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.

  • Blake
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Blake is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
  • Blue Ball Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Blue Ball Village is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball Village
  • Blueball
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Blueball is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueball
  • Boomdecker
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Boomdecker is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boomdecker
  • Cedar Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Elk Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Elk Mills is located in Chester County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mills
  • Foxcatcher at Fair Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Glen Hope ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Glen Hope is located in Chester County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hope
  • Highpoint
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Highpoint is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
  • Lewisville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lewisville is located in Chester County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
  • Nellys Corner ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Nellys Corner is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellys Corner
  • Pleasant Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Ponds Edge
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Ponds Edge is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponds Edge
  • Providence
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Providence is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Ewingville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Ewingville and extending to:

  • Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Ewingville to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 81 miles [130.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,816 miles [9,359.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,398 miles [7,077.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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- Ewingville) 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 Ewingville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>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 Ewingville 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 Ewingville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6973, Longitude: -75.9072       In this case, the coordinates for Ewingville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.165 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.74 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.918 degrees.