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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 Shipping Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shipping Creek and the surrounding area.
- 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 Shipping Creek:
- 38.918169, -76.339955
- 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 Shipping Creek
- 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 Shipping Creek is near Talbot County and also Anne Arundel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot 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 Shipping Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shipping Creek ...
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.
- Chester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crosswinds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crosswinds is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosswinds
- Dominion
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dominion is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
- Harborview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harborview is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harborview
- Island View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Island View is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
- Kangaroo Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kangaroo Beach is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kangaroo Beach
- Kent Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kent Cove is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cove
- Kent Point Manor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kent Point Manor is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Point Manor
- Kent Timbers
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kent Timbers is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Timbers
- Kentwood
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kentwood is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentwood
- Paradise Island
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Paradise Island is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Island
- Romancoke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Romancoke is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romancoke
- Stevensville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Walnut Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Shores is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shores
How Far From Shipping Creek to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Shipping Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Shipping Creek and extending to:
- Centreville, which is the Seat of Queen Anne's County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Shipping Creek to Centreville, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 37 miles [59.5 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 5,867 miles [9,442 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,570 miles [10,573.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,448 miles [7,158.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shipping Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Shipping Creek 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 Shipping Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9182, Longitude: -76.3400 In this case, the coordinates for Shipping Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.478 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.975 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.414 degrees. |
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