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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 Hambleton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hambleton 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 Hambleton:
    • 38.695117, -76.064385
    • 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 Hambleton
  • 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 Talbot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot County
    • Since Hambleton is near Caroline County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Hambleton

Communities Also Named Hambleton ...

We found three communities that are also named Hambleton.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Anne Arundel County
      • This Hambleton is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hambleton that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Hambleton.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Grant 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 West Virginia community of Hambleton [Grant County].
      • Tucker County
      • This Hambleton is located in Tucker County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the west of the Hambleton that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tucker County community of Hambleton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hambleton ...

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.

  • Barber
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Barber is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
  • Bruceville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bruceville is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
  • Cedar Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Point is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Cooks Hope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cooks Hope is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Hope
  • Holly Harbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Holly Harbor is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Harbor
  • Holly Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Holly Oaks is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
  • Idlewild
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Idlewild is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Ivytown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ivytown is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivytown
  • Lloyd Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lloyd Landing is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Landing
  • Locust Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Locust Grove is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Patrick Plains
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Patrick Plains is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Plains
  • Peach Orchard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Peach Orchard is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Peachblossom
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Peachblossom is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachblossom
    • Poplar Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Poplar Hill is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
    • Sailors Retreat
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sailors Retreat is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sailors Retreat
    • Windyhill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Windyhill is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windyhill

How Far From Hambleton to ...

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

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

  • Easton, which is the Seat of Talbot County, lies just to the North.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Hambleton to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 54 miles [86.9 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 over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,566 miles [10,567 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,444 miles [7,151.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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- Hambleton) 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 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 Hambleton 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 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 Hambleton 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 Hambleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6951, Longitude: -76.0644       In this case, the coordinates for Hambleton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.333 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.775 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.388 degrees.