Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sharktown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sharktown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sharktown

• 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 Sharktown:
  • 38.974002, -76.280510
  • 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 Sharktown

• 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 Sharktown is near Kent County and also Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel 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 Sharktown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sharktown ...

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.

• Bridge View
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Bridge View is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge View
• Chester
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Chester is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <1>
• Cloverfields
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Cloverfields is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverfields
• Dominion
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Dominion is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
• Harborview
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Harborview is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harborview
• Island View
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Island View is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
• Kangaroo Beach
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Kangaroo Beach is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kangaroo Beach
• Kent Cove
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Kent Cove is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cove
• Kent Narrows
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
• Narrows
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
• Stevensville
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Stevensville is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevensville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stevensville <1>
• Walnut Shores
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Walnut Shores is located in Queen Anne's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shores

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sharktown and extending to:

• Centreville, which is the Seat of Queen Anne's County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sharktown to Centreville, with an average speed<3> 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 11 miles [17.7 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 40 miles [64.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,862 miles [9,434 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,566 miles [10,567 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,443 miles [7,150.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'