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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 Tilghman, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tilghman 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 Tilghman:
    • 38.717063, -76.334394
    • 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 Tilghman
  • 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 Tilghman is near Queen Anne's County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's 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 Tilghman

Communities Also Named Tilghman ...

We found two communities that are also named Tilghman.

There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Tilghman.

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

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Queen Anne's County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Tilghman [Queen Anne's County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Gibson County
      • This Tilghman is located in Gibson County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<2> to the west of the Tilghman that is located in Talbot County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Tilghman.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tilghman ...

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.

  • Crescendo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Crescendo is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescendo
  • Deep Harbor
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Deep Harbor is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Harbor
  • Grace Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Grace Creek is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Creek
  • Indian Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Harbor is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Harbor
  • Mallard Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mallard Point is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Point
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Mulberry Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mulberry Point is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Point
  • Nutcracker Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Nutcracker Point is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutcracker Point
  • Rays Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rays Point is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Point
  • Solitude
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Solitude is located in Talbot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude

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

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

  • Easton, which is the Seat of Talbot County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tilghman to Easton, 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 four to five hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 39 miles [62.8 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 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 5,875 miles [9,454.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,455 miles [7,169.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Tilghman 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Tilghman) 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 Tilghman 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 Tilghman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7171, Longitude: -76.3344       In this case, the coordinates for Tilghman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.489 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.956 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.491 degrees.