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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 Williams Wharf, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Williams Wharf 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 Williams Wharf:
    • 38.443735, -76.587180
    • 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 Williams Wharf
  • 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 Calvert County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County
    • Since Williams Wharf is near Saint Mary's County and also Charles County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Mary's County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charles 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 Williams Wharf

Communities Also Named Williams Wharf ...

We found one communities that are also named Williams Wharf.

Within Maryland, the name Williams Wharf is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Mathews 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 Virginia community of Williams Wharf [Mathews County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Williams Wharf ...

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.

  • Another Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Another Place is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Another Place
  • Battle ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Battle is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
  • Cypress Knolls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cypress Knolls is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Knolls
  • Drumcliff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Drumcliff is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drumcliff
  • Emerald Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Emerald Cove is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Cove
  • Forest Glade
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Glade is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glade
  • Fox Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Fox Hill is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
  • Halls Hacienda
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Halls Hacienda is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Hacienda
  • Harbor Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Harbor Hills is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
  • Home Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Home Place is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place
  • Horse Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Horse Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Landing
  • Island Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Island Creek is located in Calvert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Mutual
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Mutual is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
    • Mutual Consent
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Mutual Consent is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual Consent
    • Nostalgia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Nostalgia is located in Calvert County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nostalgia
    • Queen Tree Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Queen Tree Landing is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen Tree Landing
    • Widow Woods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Widow Woods is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widow Woods
    • Wildwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Wildwood is located in Saint Mary's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

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

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

  • Prince Frederick, which is the Seat of Calvert County, lies just to the North.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Williams Wharf to Annapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 39 miles [62.8 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 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 5,897 miles [9,490.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,599 miles [10,620.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 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 Williams Wharf 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 '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- Williams Wharf) 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 Williams Wharf 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 Williams Wharf. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4437, Longitude: -76.5872       In this case, the coordinates for Williams Wharf have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.654 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.102 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.702 degrees.