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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 Marumsco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marumsco 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 Marumsco:
    • 38.007901, -75.684651
    • 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 Marumsco
  • 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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
    • Since Marumsco is near Accomack County and also Worcester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Accomack County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester 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 Marumsco

Communities Also Named Marumsco ...

We found one communities that are also named Marumsco.

Within Maryland, the name Marumsco is unique.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Marumsco in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Prince William County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Marumsco [Prince William County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marumsco ...

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.

  • Bullbegger
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bullbegger is located in Accomack County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullbegger
  • Cash Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cash Corner is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
  • Cottage Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cottage Grove is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
  • Flag Pond Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Flag Pond Landing is located in Accomack County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond Landing
  • Frogeye
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Frogeye is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogeye
  • Howard ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Howard is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Indian Hammock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Indian Hammock is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hammock
  • Marion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marion is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Parsonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Parsonville is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonville
  • Pauls Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pauls Corner is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls Corner
  • Shad Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Shad Landing is located in Accomack County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shad Landing
  • Shelltown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Shelltown is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelltown
  • Tunnels Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tunnels Mill is located in Accomack County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnels Mill
  • Unionville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Unionville is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville

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

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

  • Princess Anne, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Marumsco to Princess Anne, 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 79 miles [127.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 95 miles [152.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,877 miles [9,458.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,454 miles [7,168 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Marumsco 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Marumsco) 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 Marumsco 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 Marumsco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0079, Longitude: -75.6847       In this case, the coordinates for Marumsco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.16 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.472 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.504 degrees.