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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 Mardela Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mardela Springs 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 Mardela Springs:
- 38.460419, -75.757279
- 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 Mardela Springs
- 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 Wicomico County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico County
- Since Mardela Springs is near Sussex County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex 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 Mardela Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mardela Springs ...
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.
- Butlers Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Butlers Beach is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Beach
- Elliots Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elliots Place is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliots Place
- Hebron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hebron Woods is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Woods
- Hickory Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Acres is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Acres
- Hollands Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hollands Crossroads is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollands Crossroads
- Jenkins Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jenkins Landing is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Landing
- Lewis Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis Landing is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Landing
- Packing House Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Packing House Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packing House Corner
- Rabbit Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rabbit Town is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Ralph
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ralph is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
- Spring Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Spring Grove is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Walnut Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Mardela Springs 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 town such as Mardela Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mardela Springs and extending to:
- Salisbury, which is the Seat of Wicomico County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mardela Springs to Salisbury, with an average speed<3> 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 53 miles [85.3 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 75 miles [120.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,861 miles [9,432.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,561 miles [10,558.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,440 miles [7,145.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Mardela Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mardela Springs 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 Mardela Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4604, Longitude: -75.7573 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.171 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.554 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.354 degrees. |
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