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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 Hog Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hog Island 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 Hog Island:
- 38.238179, -76.062715
- 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 Hog Island
- 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 Hog Island is near Somerset County and also Wicomico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico 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 Hog Island
Communities Also Named Hog Island ...
We found two communities that are also named Hog Island.
Within Maryland, the name Hog Island is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Moore County
- This Hog Island is located in Moore County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hog Island that is located in Dorchester County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Hog Island.
- Rhode Island
- Newport 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 Rhode Island community of Hog Island [Newport County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hog Island ...
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.
- Bishops Head
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bishops Head is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Head
- Chance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crapo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crapo is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crapo
- Dames Quarter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Deal Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fishing Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hoopersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hoopersville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopersville
- Jesterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jesterville is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesterville
- Lakesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lakesville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakesville
- Robbins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Robbins is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Robbins Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Robbins Landing is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Landing
- Toddville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Toddville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
How Far From Hog Island 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 Hog Island to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hog Island and extending to:
- Cambridge, which is the Seat of Dorchester County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Hog Island to Cambridge, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 56 miles [90.1 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 over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 69 miles [111 km] to the northwest (NW). 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,884 miles [9,469.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,462 miles [7,180.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hog Island) 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 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 Hog Island 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 Hog Island 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 Hog Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2382, Longitude: -76.0627 In this case, the coordinates for Hog Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.363 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.738 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.567 degrees. |
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