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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 Powellville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Powellville 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 Powellville:
    • 38.328997, -75.375408
    • 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 Powellville
  • 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 Powellville is near Worcester County and also Sussex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex 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 Powellville

Communities Also Named Powellville ...

We found four communities that are also named Powellville.

Within Maryland, the name Powellville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Walker County
      • This Powellville is located in Walker County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Powellville that is located in Wicomico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Powellville.
    • Georgia
      • Coweta 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 Powellville [Coweta County].
    • Missouri
      • Phelps County
      • This Powellville is located in Phelps County and lies 903 miles [1,453.2 km]<1> to the west of the Powellville that is located in Wicomico County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phelps County community of Powellville.
    • South Carolina
      • Horry 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 South Carolina community of Powellville [Horry County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Powellville ...

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.

  • Forest Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Grove is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
  • Glass Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Glass Hill is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass Hill
  • Kelly ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kelly is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
  • Libertytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Libertytown is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertytown
  • Longridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Longridge is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longridge
  • Mount Pleasant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Parsonsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Piney Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Piney Grove is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Poplar Neck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Poplar Neck is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Neck
  • Quail Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Quail Ridge is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge

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

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

  • Salisbury, which is the Seat of Wicomico County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Powellville to Salisbury, 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 75 miles [120.7 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 97 miles [156.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,850 miles [9,414.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,548 miles [10,538 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,428 miles [7,126.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Powellville) 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 Powellville 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 Powellville 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 Powellville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3290, Longitude: -75.3754    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.959 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.294 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.251 degrees.