Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Afton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Afton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Afton
- 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 Afton:
- 39.827057, -75.480753
- 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 Afton
- 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 New Castle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for New Castle County
- Since Afton is near Delaware County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Afton ...
We found 33 communities that share the name Afton.
Within Delaware, the name Afton is unique.
Beyond Delaware, we know of another 33 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 33 communities, 32 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Glenn County
- This Afton is located in Glenn County and lies 2,443 miles [3,931.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Afton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glenn County community of Afton.
- San Bernardino County
- This Afton is located in San Bernardino County and lies 2,247 miles [3,616.2 km] to the west of the Afton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Afton.
- Georgia
- Berrien 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 Georgia community of Afton [Berrien County].
- Dawson County
- This Afton is located in Dawson County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Afton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Afton.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Marshall 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 Kansas community of Afton [Marshall County].
- Sedgwick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Afton [Sedgwick County].
- Sumner County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Afton [Sumner County].
- Louisiana
- Madison Parish
- This Afton is located in Madison Parish and lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Afton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison Parish community of Afton.
- Tensas Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Afton [Tensas Parish].
- Michigan
- Charlevoix 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 Michigan community of Afton [Charlevoix County].
- Cheboygan County
- This Afton is located in Cheboygan County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Afton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Afton.
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Afton lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Afton that is located in New Castle County.
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Greene County
- This Afton is located in Greene County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Afton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Afton.
- Sullivan 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 Tennessee community of Afton [Sullivan County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Chesterfield County
- This Afton is located in Chesterfield County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Afton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Afton.
- Nelson County
- This Afton is located in Nelson County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km] to the west southwest of the Afton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Afton.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Afton ...
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.
- Beau Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Birch Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Knoll
- Birch Knoll is located in New Castle County
- Booths Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Booths Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booths Corner
- Booths Corner is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Brandywood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandywood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywood
- Brandywood is located in New Castle County
- Brookcroft
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookcroft have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookcroft
- Brookcroft is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Carpenter
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Carpenter is located in New Castle County
- Cedartree
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Concord Hunt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concord Hunt have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Hunt
- Concord Hunt is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Gardendale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardendale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
- Gardendale is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Acres is located in New Castle County
- Greenmount
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenmount have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount
- Greenmount is located in New Castle County
- Greenshire
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenshire have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenshire
- Greenshire is located in New Castle County
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- Greentree
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Grubbs Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grubbs Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs Corner
- Grubbs Corner is located in New Castle County
- Grubbs Landing ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grubbs Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs Landing
- Grubbs Landing is located in New Castle County
- Heatherbrooke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heatherbrooke have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherbrooke
- Heatherbrooke is located in New Castle County
- Hiddencreek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hiddencreek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiddencreek
- Hiddencreek is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Hillendale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillendale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale
- Hillendale is located in New Castle County
- Holiday Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Holiday Hills is located in New Castle County
- Holly Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Holly Hills is located in New Castle County
- Holly Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Indian Field
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Field have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Field
- Indian Field is located in New Castle County
- Kings Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ridge
- Kings Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Log Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Longview Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longview Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Farms
- Longview Farms is located in New Castle County
- Lynnfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Maplechase
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplechase have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplechase
- Maplechase is located in New Castle County
- Riverview Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Gardens
- Riverview Gardens is located in New Castle County
- Rolling Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Park
- Rolling Park is located in New Castle County
- Scots Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scots Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scots Glen
- Scots Glen is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Silverside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverside have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverside
- Silverside is located in New Castle County
- Stockdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Valley Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Run
- Valley Run is located in New Castle County
- Windy Bush
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Bush
- Windy Bush is located in New Castle County
- Woodside Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Hills
- Woodside Hills is located in New Castle County
- Woodstream Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodstream Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstream Gardens
- Woodstream Gardens is located in New Castle County
- Greentree
How Far From Afton 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 Afton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Afton and extending to:
- Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 46 miles [74 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Afton to Dover, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 104 miles [167.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,792 miles [9,321.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,375 miles [7,040.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Afton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for New Castle County: www.co.new-castle.de.us/
The official website for State of Delaware: https://delaware.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 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 Afton 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Afton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Afton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8271, Longitude: -75.4808 In this case, the coordinates for Afton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Afton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Afton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.902 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.462 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.682 degrees. |