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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 Victory Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Victory Gardens 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 Victory Gardens:
    • 38.419561, -75.563257
    • 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 Victory Gardens
  • 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 Wicomico County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico County
    • Since Victory Gardens is near Sussex County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Victory Gardens

Communities Also Named Victory Gardens ...

We found two communities that are also named Victory Gardens.

Within Maryland, the name Victory Gardens is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Miami-Dade 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 Florida community of Victory Gardens [Miami-Dade County].
    • Texas
      • Orange 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 Texas community of Victory Gardens [Orange County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Victory Gardens ...

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.

  • Chestnut Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Foxwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Foxwood is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Green Acres is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Greenland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Greenland is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
  • Greenlawn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Greenlawn is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn
  • Hideaway Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hideaway Acres is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Acres
  • Holland Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Holland Heights is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Heights
  • Holly Oak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Holly Oak is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oak
  • Justice Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Justice Heights is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice Heights
  • Kathleens Delight
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Kathleens Delight is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathleens Delight
  • Leonard Farm
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Leonard Farm is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Farm
  • Maple Plains
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Maple Plains is located in Wicomico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Plains
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Middle Neck
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Middle Neck is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Neck
    • Poets Colony
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Poets Colony is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poets Colony
    • Rosewood Forest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Rosewood Forest is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood Forest
    • Sunset Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunset Heights is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
    • Woodlawn
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Woodlawn is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Victory Gardens and extending to:

  • Salisbury, which is the Seat of Wicomico County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 63 miles [101.4 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Victory Gardens to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 86 miles [138.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,854 miles [9,421.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,554 miles [10,547.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,433 miles [7,134.2 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 Victory Gardens 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- Victory Gardens) 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 Victory Gardens 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 Victory Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4196, Longitude: -75.5633       In this case, the coordinates for Victory Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.061 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.423 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.291 degrees.