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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 Stumptown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stumptown 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 Stumptown:
    • 37.340415, -75.946598
    • 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 Stumptown
  • 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 Northampton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
    • Since Stumptown is near Accomack County and also Mathews County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Accomack County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mathews 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 Stumptown

Communities Also Named Stumptown ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Stumptown.

There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Stumptown.

Beyond Virginia, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Loudoun County
      • This Stumptown is located in Loudoun County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Stumptown that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Stumptown.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Lake County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Lake County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Stumptown.
    • Indiana
      • Parke County
      • This Stumptown is located in Parke County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stumptown that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Stumptown.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Stumptown is located in Carroll County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Stumptown that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Stumptown.
      • Talbot 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 Maryland community of Stumptown [Talbot County].
    • North Carolina
      • McDowell County
      • This Stumptown is located in McDowell County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stumptown that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Stumptown.
    • Ohio
      • Marion County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Marion County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Stumptown.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield County
      • This Stumptown is located in Clearfield County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Stumptown that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Stumptown.
      • Lancaster County
      • This Stumptown is located in Lancaster County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km] to the north of the Stumptown that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Stumptown.
    • Texas
      • Sabine County
      • This Stumptown is located in Sabine County and lies 1,111 miles [1,788 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stumptown that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sabine County community of Stumptown.
    • West Virginia
      • Gilmer County
      • This Stumptown is located in Gilmer County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stumptown that is located in Northampton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Stumptown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stumptown ...

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.

  • Beverly
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Beverly is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
  • Cherrystone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherrystone is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrystone
  • Culls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Culls is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culls
  • James Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • James Crossroads is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Crossroads
  • Little Salisbury
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Little Salisbury is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Salisbury
  • Martins Siding
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Martins Siding is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Siding
  • Oyster
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Oyster is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster
  • Pat Town
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Pat Town is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pat Town
  • Reedtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Reedtown is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedtown
  • Shadyside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Shadyside is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
  • Solitude Trails
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Solitude Trails is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Trails

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

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

  • Eastville, which is the Seat of Northampton County, lies just to the North.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 82 miles [132 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Stumptown to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 122 miles [196.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 5,916 miles [9,520.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,492 miles [7,229.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stumptown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Stumptown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Stumptown 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>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 Stumptown 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 Stumptown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3404, Longitude: -75.9466       In this case, the coordinates for Stumptown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.353 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.589 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.867 degrees.