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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 Sunset Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunset Point 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 Sunset Point:
    • 39.422059, -75.991890
    • 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 Sunset Point
  • 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 Cecil County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
    • Since Sunset Point is near Kent County and also Harford 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 Harford 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 Sunset Point

Communities Also Named Sunset Point ...

We found six communities that are also named Sunset Point.

Within Maryland, the name Sunset Point is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Sunset Point lies 2,036 miles [3,276.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Sunset Point that is located in Cecil County.
    • California
      • Calaveras County
      • This Sunset Point is located in Calaveras County and lies 2,364 miles [3,804.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunset Point that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calaveras County community of Sunset Point.
    • Florida
      • Monroe County
      • This Sunset Point is located in Monroe County and lies 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sunset Point that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Sunset Point.
    • Ohio
      • Lake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sunset Point [Lake County].
    • Wisconsin
      • La Crosse County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Sunset Point [La Crosse County].
      • Winnebago County
      • This Sunset Point is located in Winnebago County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sunset Point that is located in Cecil County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Sunset Point.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunset Point ...

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.

  • Cash Corner ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cash Corner is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
  • Dogwood Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dogwood Village is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
  • Earleville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Echo Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Echo Hill is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Hill
  • Elk Neck
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Elk Neck is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Neck
  • Georgetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gregg Neck
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Gregg Neck is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
  • Harmony Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Harmony Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corner
  • Honeysuckle Knoll
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Honeysuckle Knoll is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Knoll
  • John Town
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • John Town is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Town
  • Joy Haven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Joy Haven is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy Haven
  • Knocks Folly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Knocks Folly is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knocks Folly
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Locust Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Locust Grove is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Red Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Red Point is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Point
    • Scotchmans Glen
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Scotchmans Glen is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchmans Glen
    • Snow Hill ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Snow Hill is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
    • Still Pond
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Still Pond is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Pond
    • Tower Point
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Tower Point is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Point
    • Town Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Town Point is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Point
    • Two Rivers
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Two Rivers is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Rivers

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sunset Point and extending to:

  • Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sunset Point to Elkton, with an average speed<5> 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 40 miles [64.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 66 miles [106.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,413 miles [7,102 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunset Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Sunset Point 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.
<3>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 Sunset Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Sunset Point 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 Sunset Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4221, Longitude: -75.9919       In this case, the coordinates for Sunset Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.236 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.779 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.066 degrees.