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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 Gum Swamp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gum Swamp and the surrounding area.
- 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 Gum Swamp:
- 38.424010, -76.174665
- 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 Gum Swamp
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
- Since Gum Swamp is near Calvert County and also Talbot 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 Talbot 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 Gum Swamp
Communities Also Named Gum Swamp ...
We found two communities that are also named Gum Swamp.
There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Gum Swamp.
Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Gum Swamp in the United States.
- Communities Located In Maryland ...
- Wicomico County
- This Gum Swamp is located in Wicomico County and lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Gum Swamp that is located in Dorchester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Gum Swamp.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- South Carolina
- Marion 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 South Carolina community of Gum Swamp [Marion County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gum Swamp ...
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.
- Bucktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bucktown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
- Crapo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Crapo is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crapo
- Crossroads
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Crossroads is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Fishing Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Golden Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Hill is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill
- Lakesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakesville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakesville
- Longfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Longfield is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfield
- Paw Paw Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Paw Paw Point is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw Point
- Ripling Waters
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ripling Waters is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripling Waters
- Robbins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robbins is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Robbins Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Robbins Landing is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Landing
- Swan Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Swan Harbor is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Harbor
How Far From Gum Swamp to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gum Swamp to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gum Swamp and extending to:
- Cambridge, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gum Swamp to Cambridge, with an average speed<4> 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 41 miles [66 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 56 miles [90.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,881 miles [9,464.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,581 miles [10,591.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,460 miles [7,177.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gum Swamp) 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 Gum Swamp 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 Gum Swamp 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 Gum Swamp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4240, Longitude: -76.1747 In this case, the coordinates for Gum Swamp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.416 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.827 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.54 degrees. |
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