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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 Sewell Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sewell Mills 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 Sewell Mills:
    • 38.996503, -75.779099
    • 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 Sewell Mills
  • 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 Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Since Sewell Mills is near Kent County and also Queen Anne's 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 Queen Anne's 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 Sewell Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sewell Mills ...

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.

  • Choptank Overlook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Choptank Overlook is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Overlook
  • Choptank Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Choptank Pines is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Pines
  • Choptank Ponds
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Choptank Ponds is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Ponds
  • Edwardsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Edwardsville is located in Kent County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
  • Four Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Four Corners is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
  • Holly Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Holly Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Corner
  • Hughes Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hughes Crossroads is located in Kent County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Crossroads
  • Lords Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lords Corner is located in Kent County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lords Corner
  • Maple Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Maple Village is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
  • Sandtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
  • Spring Branch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Branch is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Branch
  • Union Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corner

How Far From Sewell Mills to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sewell Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sewell Mills and extending to:

  • Denton, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Sewell Mills to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 67 miles [107.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,840 miles [9,398.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,542 miles [10,528.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,420 miles [7,113.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Sewell Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Sewell Mills 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 Sewell Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9965, Longitude: -75.7791       In this case, the coordinates for Sewell Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.144 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.607 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.149 degrees.