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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 Town Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Town Creek 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 Town Creek:
    • 38.321791, -76.479397
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Town Creek
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Town Creek ...

We found eight communities that share the name Town Creek.

There is one other community in Maryland which is also named Town Creek.

Beyond Maryland, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Maryland ...
    • Allegany County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Town Creek [Allegany County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lawrence County
      • This Town Creek is located in Lawrence County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Town Creek that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Town Creek.
    • Georgia
      • Gilmer County
      • This Town Creek is located in Gilmer County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Town Creek that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Town Creek.
      • Union County
      • This Town Creek is located in Union County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km] to the west southwest of the Town Creek that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Town Creek.
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Town Creek [Elko County].
    • North Carolina
      • Brunswick County
      • This Town Creek is located in Brunswick County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Town Creek that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Town Creek.
      • Wilson County
      • This Town Creek is located in Wilson County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km] to the south southwest of the Town Creek that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Town Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • This Town Creek is located in Claiborne County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Town Creek that is located in Saint Mary's County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Town Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Town 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.

  • Appeal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Appeal have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appeal
    • Appeal is located in Calvert County
  • California
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for California have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California
    • California is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for California <5>
  • Carol Court
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carol Court have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carol Court
    • Carol Court is located in Calvert County
  • Cherry Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
    • Cherry Hill is located in Calvert County
  • Cove View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove View
    • Cove View is located in Calvert County
  • Discovery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Discovery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Discovery
    • Discovery is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Dowell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dowell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowell
    • Dowell is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dowell <5>
  • Drum Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Drum Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drum Point
    • Drum Point is located in Calvert County
  • Green Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hills
    • Green Hills is located in Calvert County
  • Greenview Knolls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenview Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview Knolls
    • Greenview Knolls is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Harbor Light Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Light Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Light Beach
    • Harbor Light Beach is located in Calvert County
  • Holly Haven
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Haven
    • Holly Haven is located in Saint Mary's County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Hoopers Neck
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoopers Neck have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Neck
      • Hoopers Neck is located in Calvert County
    • Johnstown
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnstown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
      • Johnstown is located in Calvert County
    • Middle Earth
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Earth have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Earth
      • Middle Earth is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Red Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
      • Red Hill is located in Saint Mary's County
    • River View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
      • River View is located in Calvert County
    • Scotch Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotch Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Point
      • Scotch Point is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Seashore Beach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seashore Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seashore Beach
      • Seashore Beach is located in Calvert County
    • Spring Cove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Cove
      • Spring Cove is located in Calvert County
    • Spring Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
      • Spring Valley is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Spruce Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hill
      • Spruce Hill is located in Calvert County
    • Summerville ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
      • Summerville is located in Calvert County
    • Town Creek Farm
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Creek Farm have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Creek Farm
      • Town Creek Farm is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Trueman Pointe
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trueman Pointe have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trueman Pointe
      • Trueman Pointe is located in Calvert County

How Far From Town Creek to ...

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

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

  • Leonardtown, which is the Seat of Saint Mary's County, lies just to the West.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Town Creek to Annapolis, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 49 miles [78.9 km] to the northwest (NW). 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<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,898 miles [9,491.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,599 miles [10,620.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Town Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Saint Mary's County: www.co.saint-marys.md.us/

The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/

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 Town Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Town Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Town Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3218, Longitude: -76.4794       In this case, the coordinates for Town Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Town Creek 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.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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.
<8>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 Town Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.599 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.02 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.705 degrees.




 

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