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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 Amaranth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Amaranth 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 Amaranth:
    • 39.714000, -75.782992
    • 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 Amaranth
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
    • Since Amaranth is near Cecil County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester 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 Amaranth

Communities Also Named Amaranth ...

We found three communities that are also named Amaranth.

Within Delaware, the name Amaranth is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Yolo 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 California community of Amaranth [Yolo County].
    • Manitoba
      • This Amaranth lies 1,337 miles [2,151.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Amaranth that is located in New Castle County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fulton County
      • This Amaranth is located in Fulton County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the west of the Amaranth that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Amaranth.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Amaranth ...

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.

  • Chapel Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Chapel Hill is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Cherry Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cherry Hill is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • College Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • College Park is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Corner Ketch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Corner Ketch is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Ketch
  • Covered Bridge Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Covered Bridge Farms is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covered Bridge Farms
  • Deacons Walk
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Deacons Walk is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacons Walk
  • Foxfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Foxfield is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
  • Foxfire
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Foxfire is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
  • Glen Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Glen Farms is located in Cecil County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Farms
  • Grand Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Grand Meadows is located in Cecil County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Meadows
  • Great Good Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Great Good Place is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Good Place
  • Greenridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Greenridge is located in Cecil County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Hillcrest
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Hillcrest is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
    • Hunting Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Hunting Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
    • Mechanicsville
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Mechanicsville is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
    • Roseville Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Roseville Park is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville Park
    • Top of the Wedge
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Top of the Wedge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top of the Wedge
    • Windy Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Windy Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills

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

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

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Amaranth to Wilmington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 White House (Washington, DC) is 87 miles [140 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,810 miles [9,350.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,516 miles [10,486.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,392 miles [7,068.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 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 Amaranth 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Amaranth) 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 Amaranth 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 Amaranth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7140, Longitude: -75.7830       In this case, the coordinates for Amaranth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.09 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.658 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.858 degrees.