Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Finchville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Finchville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Finchville
- 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 Finchville:
- 38.632059, -75.771044
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Finchville
- 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 Dorchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Since Finchville is near Sussex County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- eBird sighting report for Caroline 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Finchville ...
We found five communities that share the name Finchville.
Within Maryland, the name Finchville is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Fairfield County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Finchville.
- Kentucky
- Shelby County
- This Finchville is located in Shelby County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<2> to the west of the Finchville that is located in Dorchester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Finchville.
- Nebraska
- Custer County
- This Finchville is located in Custer County and lies 1,295 miles [2,084.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Finchville that is located in Dorchester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Finchville.
- New York
- Orange County
- This Finchville is located in Orange County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Finchville that is located in Dorchester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Finchville.
- Virginia
- Spotsylvania 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 Virginia community of Finchville [Spotsylvania County].
- Connecticut
Curious and Interesting Names Near Finchville ...
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.
- Briar Hook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Craigs Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craigs Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs Mill
- Craigs Mill is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Eldorado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Federalsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federalsburg
- Federalsburg is located in Caroline County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,658 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Federalsburg <5>
- Galestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Heritage Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Holly Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
- Holly Hill is located in Dorchester County
- Marshyhope Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshyhope Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County
- Oak Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Reliance
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Richard Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richard Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard Heights
- Richard Heights is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Sandtop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Walnut Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Walnut Landing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Landing
- Walnut Landing is located in Dorchester County
- Woodland Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Station
- Woodland Station is located in Sussex County (DE)
How Far From Finchville 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 Finchville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Finchville and extending to:
- Cambridge, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Finchville to Cambridge, with an average speed<7> 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 five to six hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 70 miles [112.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,855 miles [9,422.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,555 miles [10,549.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,434 miles [7,135.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Finchville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dorchester County: www.commissioners.net/
The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Finchville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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- Finchville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Finchville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6321, Longitude: -75.7710 In this case, the coordinates for Finchville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Finchville 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Finchville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.166 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.576 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.292 degrees. |