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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 Thanksgiving, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thanksgiving 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 Thanksgiving:
    • 38.755673, -76.156611
    • 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 Thanksgiving
  • 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 Talbot County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Talbot County
    • Since Thanksgiving is near Caroline County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Thanksgiving

Communities Also Named Thanksgiving ...

We found one communities that are also named Thanksgiving.

Within Maryland, the name Thanksgiving is unique.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Thanksgiving in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nevada
      • Esmeralda County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Esmeralda County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Esmeralda County community of Thanksgiving.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Thanksgiving ...

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.

  • Anchorage
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Anchorage is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
  • Cedar Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Point is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
  • Cooks Hope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cooks Hope is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Hope
  • Copperville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Copperville is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
  • Cove View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cove View is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove View
  • Londonderry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Londonderry is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
  • Loves Folly
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Loves Folly is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loves Folly
  • Miles River Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Miles River Ferry is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles River Ferry
  • Peach Orchard
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Peach Orchard is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
  • Peachblossom
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Peachblossom is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachblossom
  • Poplar Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Poplar Hill is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
  • Rays Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Rays Point is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Point
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Royal Oak
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Solitude
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Solitude is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
    • Third Haven Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Third Haven Heights is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Haven Heights
    • Unionville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Unionville is located in Talbot County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville

How Far From Thanksgiving to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Thanksgiving and extending to:

  • Easton, which is the Seat of Talbot County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Thanksgiving to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 48 miles [77.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,866 miles [9,440.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,568 miles [10,570.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,446 miles [7,155.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Thanksgiving, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Thanksgiving) 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 Thanksgiving 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 Thanksgiving. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7557, Longitude: -76.1566       In this case, the coordinates for Thanksgiving have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.382 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.84 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.402 degrees.