Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in John Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to John Town and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for John Town

• 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 John Town:
  • 39.425669, -75.918553
  • 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 John 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 Cecil County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
  • Since John Town is near Kent County and also New Castle 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 New Castle 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 John Town

Curious and Interesting Names Near John 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.

• Cash Corner ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Cash Corner is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
• Dogwood Village
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Dogwood Village is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
• Earleville
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Earleville is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earleville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earleville <1>
• Georgetown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Georgetown is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <1>
• Gregg Neck
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Gregg Neck is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
• Honeysuckle Knoll
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Honeysuckle Knoll is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Knoll
• Pleasant Cove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Cove is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Cove
• Scotchmans Glen
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Scotchmans Glen is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchmans Glen
• Snow Hill ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Snow Hill is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
• Sunset Point
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Sunset Point is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Point
• Tower Point
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Tower Point is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Point
• Town Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Town Point is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Point
• Two Rivers
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Two Rivers is located in Cecil County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Rivers

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in John Town and extending to:

• Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from John Town to Elkton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 70 miles [112.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,828 miles [9,379.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,532 miles [10,512.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,409 miles [7,095.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'