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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 Kingstown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kingstown 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 Kingstown:
- 39.204832, -76.051334
- 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 Kingstown
- 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 Kingstown is near Kent County and also Cecil 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 Cecil 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 Kingstown
Communities Also Named Kingstown ...
We found eight communities that are also named Kingstown.
Within Maryland, the name Kingstown is unique.
Beyond Maryland, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
In addition to the above occurrences of Kingstown, we know of four communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Suffolk County
- This Kingstown is located in Suffolk County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Kingstown that is located in Queen Anne's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Kingstown.
- North Carolina
- Cleveland County
- This Kingstown is located in Cleveland County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kingstown that is located in Queen Anne's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Kingstown.
- Virginia
- Roanoke 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 Virginia community of Kingstown [Roanoke County].
- West Virginia
- Wetzel County
- This Kingstown is located in Wetzel County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the west of the Kingstown that is located in Queen Anne's County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wetzel County community of Kingstown.
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Australia
- Distance: 9,720 miles [15,642.8 km]<1> to the west
- Open a Google Map centered on Kingstown
- England
- Distance: 3,432 miles [5,523.3 km]<1> to the northeast
- Open a Google Map centered on Kingstown
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Distance: 2,013 miles [3,239.6 km]<1> to the south southeast
- Open a Google Map centered on Kingstown
- British Virgin Islands
- Distance: 1,591 miles [2,560.5 km]<1> to the south southeast
- Open a Google Map centered on Kingstown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingstown ...
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.
- Chestertown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Goose Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Goose Hill is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Hill
- Harrisburg ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Harrisburg is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Heather Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Heather Heights is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Heights
- Heron Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Heron Point is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron Point
- Kings Court
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kings Court is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Court
- Lees Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lees Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Corner
- Mile Tree Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Orchard Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Orchard Hill is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hill
- Pear Tree Point
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pear Tree Point is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Tree Point
- Piney Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Piney Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- River Edge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- River Edge is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Edge
How Far From Kingstown 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 Kingstown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kingstown and extending to:
- Centreville, which is the Seat of Queen Anne's County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Kingstown to Centreville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 56 miles [90.1 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 5,843 miles [9,403.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,547 miles [10,536.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,424 miles [7,119.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kingstown) 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 Kingstown 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 Kingstown 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 Kingstown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2048, Longitude: -76.0513 In this case, the coordinates for Kingstown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.288 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.803 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.179 degrees. |
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