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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 Recovery, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Recovery 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 Recovery:
    • 39.053723, -76.139949
    • 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 Recovery
  • 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 Recovery is near Kent County and also Talbot 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 Talbot 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 Recovery

Communities Also Named Recovery ...

We found two communities that are also named Recovery.

Within Maryland, the name Recovery is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Decatur County
      • This Recovery is located in Decatur County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Recovery that is located in Queen Anne's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Recovery.
    • Louisiana
      • Orleans Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Recovery [Orleans Parish].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Recovery ...

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.

  • Cliffs City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Cliffs City is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
  • Conquest Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Conquest Beach is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conquest Beach
  • Earle Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Earle Landing is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle Landing
  • Hickory Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hickory Ridge is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
  • Hickory Thicket
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Thicket is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Thicket
  • Hunters Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hunters Ridge is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
  • Indian Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Town is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
  • Mainbrace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mainbrace is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainbrace
  • Mallard Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Mallard Point is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Point
  • Orchard View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Orchard View is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
  • Quaker Neck Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Quaker Neck Landing is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Neck Landing
  • Queenstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Queenstown is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
  • Woodstream
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Woodstream is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstream
  • Wye Harbor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Wye Harbor is located in Queen Anne's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wye Harbor

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

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

  • Centreville, which is the Seat of Queen Anne's County, lies just to the East.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Recovery to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 49 miles [78.9 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,853 miles [9,419.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,556 miles [10,550.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,434 miles [7,135.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Recovery) 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 Recovery 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 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 Recovery 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 Recovery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0537, Longitude: -76.1399       In this case, the coordinates for Recovery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.351 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.851 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.277 degrees.