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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 Somersett Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Somersett Town 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 Somersett Town:
- 38.150401, -75.769652
- 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 Somersett Town
- 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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- Since Somersett Town is near Wicomico County and also Worcester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester 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 Somersett Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near Somersett Town ...
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.
- Champ
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Champ is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champ
- Cottage Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cottage Grove is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Dames Quarter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fords Wharf ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fords Wharf is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Wharf
- Frenchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Frenchtown - Rumbly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchtown - Rumbly is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown - Rumbly
- Greenhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenhill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhill
- Marion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Marion is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- New Road Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Road Landing is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Road Landing
- Oriole
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oriole is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Pauls Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pauls Corner is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls Corner
- Pine Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Beach is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Beach
- Polk Road
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Polk Road is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk Road
How Far From Somersett Town 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 Somersett Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Somersett Town once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Somersett Town and extending to:
- Princess Anne, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 69 miles [111 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Somersett Town to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 85 miles [136.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,875 miles [9,454.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,452 miles [7,164.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Somersett Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Somersett Town) 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 Somersett Town 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 Somersett Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1504, Longitude: -75.7697 In this case, the coordinates for Somersett Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.20 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.539 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.482 degrees. |
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