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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 Sign Post, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sign Post and the surrounding area.
- 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 Sign Post:
- 37.996350, -75.460102
- 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 Sign Post
- 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 Accomack County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Accomack County
- Since Sign Post is near Worcester County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester 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 Sign Post
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sign Post ...
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.
- Birch Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Birch Town is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Town
- Captains Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Captains Cove is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captains Cove
- Deep Hole
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Hole is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Hole
- George Island Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- George Island Landing is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Island Landing
- Girdletree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Girdletree is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdletree
- Goodwill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Goodwill is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwill
- Greenbackville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greta ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greta is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greta
- Homewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Homewood is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Horntown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Horsey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Horsey is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsey
- New Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tunnels Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tunnels Mill is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnels Mill
- Willow Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
How Far From Sign Post 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 Sign Post to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sign Post and extending to:
- Accomac, which is the Seat of Accomack County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sign Post to Accomac, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 105 miles [169 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,868 miles [9,443.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,445 miles [7,153.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Sign Post) 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 Sign Post 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 Sign Post. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9963, Longitude: -75.4601 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.032 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.325 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.418 degrees. |
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