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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 Indian Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Indian Town 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 Indian Town:
    • 39.119000, -76.094947
    • 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 Indian Town
  • 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 Queen Anne's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's County
    • Since Indian Town is near Kent County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Indian Town

Communities Also Named Indian Town ...

We found four communities that are also named Indian Town.

Within Maryland, the name Indian Town is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Alger County
      • This Indian Town is located in Alger County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Indian Town that is located in Queen Anne's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alger County community of Indian Town.
      • Mason 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 Michigan community of Indian Town [Mason County].
    • Missouri
      • Maries County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Maries County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maries County community of Indian Town.
    • Virginia
      • Orange County
      • This Indian Town is located in Orange County and lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Indian Town that is located in Queen Anne's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Indian Town.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Indian Town ...

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.

  • Cliffs City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cliffs City is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
  • Conquest Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Conquest Beach is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conquest Beach
  • Earle Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Earle Landing is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle Landing
  • Heather Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Heather Heights is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
  • Hunters Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hunters Ridge is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
  • Kings Court
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Kings Court is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Court
  • Mallard Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mallard Point is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Point
  • Piney Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Piney Grove is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Quaker Neck Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Quaker Neck Landing is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Neck Landing
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Recovery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Recovery is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recovery
    • River Edge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • River Edge is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Edge
    • Riverview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Riverview is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Shipyard Landing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shipyard Landing is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shipyard Landing
    • Sparks Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Sparks Corner is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Corner
    • Woodstream
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Woodstream is located in Queen Anne's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstream

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

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

  • Centreville, which is the Seat of Queen Anne's County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Indian Town to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 52 miles [83.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,848 miles [9,411.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,429 miles [7,127.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Indian Town) 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 Indian Town 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>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 Indian Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Indian Town 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 Indian Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1190, Longitude: -76.0949       In this case, the coordinates for Indian Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.32 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.826 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.232 degrees.