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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 West Ocean City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Ocean City 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 West Ocean City:
    • 38.331503, -75.106851
    • 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 West Ocean City
  • 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 West Ocean City ...

We found one communities that share the name West Ocean City.

Within Maryland, the name West Ocean City is unique.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named West Ocean City in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Cape May 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 New Jersey community of West Ocean City [Cape May County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Ocean City ...

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.

  • Briddletown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Briddletown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briddletown
    • Briddletown is located in Worcester County
  • Captains Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Captains Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Hill
    • Captains Hill is located in Worcester County
  • Captains Knoll
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Captains Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Knoll
    • Captains Knoll is located in Worcester County
  • Grays Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corner
    • Grays Corner is located in Worcester County
  • Greenwood Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood Place have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Place
    • Greenwood Place is located in Worcester County
  • Herring Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herring Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring Landing
    • Herring Landing is located in Worcester County
  • Holly Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
    • Holly Grove is located in Worcester County
  • Lewis Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
    • Lewis Corner is located in Worcester County
  • Mystic Harbor
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mystic Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Harbor
    • Mystic Harbor is located in Worcester County
  • Salt Grass Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Grass Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Grass Cove
    • Salt Grass Cove is located in Worcester County
  • Seabright
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seabright have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabright
    • Seabright is located in Worcester County
  • Snug Harbor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snug Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
    • Snug Harbor is located in Worcester County
  • Tanglewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
    • Tanglewood is located in Worcester County
  • Wood Duck Isle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Duck Isle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Duck Isle
    • Wood Duck Isle is located in Worcester County

How Far From West Ocean City 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 West Ocean City to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Snow Hill, which is the Seat of Worcester County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Ocean City to Snow Hill, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 87 miles [140 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 111 miles [178.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,838 miles [9,395.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,416 miles [7,106.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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

The official website for Worcester County: www.co.worcester.md.us/

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

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 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 West Ocean City 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>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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Ocean City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Ocean City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3315, Longitude: -75.1069       In this case, the coordinates for West Ocean City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 West Ocean City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.805 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.118 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.141 degrees.




 

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