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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 Peach Orchard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peach Orchard 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 Peach Orchard:
    • 38.745395, -76.114109
    • 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 Peach Orchard
  • 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 Talbot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot County
    • Since Peach Orchard is near Caroline County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline 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 Peach Orchard

Communities Also Named Peach Orchard ...

We found seven communities that are also named Peach Orchard.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Peach Orchard.

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Anne Arundel County
      • This Peach Orchard is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Peach Orchard that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Peach Orchard.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Clay County
      • This Peach Orchard is located in Clay County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the west of the Peach Orchard that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Peach Orchard.
    • Florida
      • Alachua County
      • This Peach Orchard is located in Alachua County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Peach Orchard that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Peach Orchard.
    • Georgia
      • Richmond 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 Georgia community of Peach Orchard [Richmond County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lawrence County
      • This Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<1> to the west of the Peach Orchard that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Peach Orchard.
    • Missouri
      • Pemiscot County
      • This Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the west of the Peach Orchard that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pemiscot County community of Peach Orchard.
    • Tennessee
      • Bradley County
      • This Peach Orchard is located in Bradley County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Peach Orchard that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Peach Orchard.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Peach Orchard ...

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.

  • Anchorage
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Anchorage is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
  • Cedar Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cedar Point is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Cooks Hope
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cooks Hope is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Hope
  • Holly Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly Oaks is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oaks
  • Idlewild
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Idlewild is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
  • Londonderry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Londonderry is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
  • Loves Folly
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Loves Folly is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Folly
  • Miles River Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Miles River Ferry is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles River Ferry
  • Peachblossom
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Peachblossom is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachblossom
  • Poplar Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Poplar Hill is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
  • Royal Oak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Thanksgiving
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Thanksgiving is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thanksgiving
  • Third Haven Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Third Haven Heights is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Haven Heights

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

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

  • Easton, which is the Seat of Talbot County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Peach Orchard 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 50 miles [80.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of 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 5,865 miles [9,438.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,445 miles [7,153.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Peach Orchard) 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 Peach Orchard 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 Peach Orchard 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 Peach Orchard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7454, Longitude: -76.1141       In this case, the coordinates for Peach Orchard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.358 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.811 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.388 degrees.