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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 Saint George Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint George Island 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 Saint George Island:
    • 38.120127, -76.483565
    • 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 Saint George Island
  • 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 Saint Mary's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
    • Since Saint George Island is near Westmoreland County and also Northumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Westmoreland County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland 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 Saint George Island

Communities Also Named Saint George Island ...

We found one communities that are also named Saint George Island.

Within Maryland, the name Saint George Island is unique.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Saint George Island in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • 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 Alaska community of Saint George Island.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint George Island ...

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.

  • Ancient Oaks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ancient Oaks is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks
  • Cedar Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Landing
  • Dukes Retreat
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dukes Retreat is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes Retreat
  • Dutchmans Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dutchmans Cove is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchmans Cove
  • Gum Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Gum Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Landing
  • Herring Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Herring Creek is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring Creek
  • Park Pines
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Park Pines is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Pines
  • Piney Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Sandy Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy Point is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
  • Scotland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Shady Harbor Shores
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Shady Harbor Shores is located in Westmoreland County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Harbor Shores
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Stoney Run
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Stoney Run is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Run
    • Tall Timbers
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Upper Jutland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Upper Jutland is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Jutland
    • Valley Lee
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Valley Lee is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lee

How Far From Saint George Island 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 Saint George Island to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Saint George Island and extending to:

  • Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Saint George Island to Leonardtown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 59 miles [95 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 61 miles [98.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full 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 5,907 miles [9,506.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,485 miles [7,217.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Saint George Island 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saint George Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Saint George Island 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 Saint George Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1201, Longitude: -76.4836       In this case, the coordinates for Saint George Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.614 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.006 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.784 degrees.