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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 Arundel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arundel 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 Arundel:
    • 39.736223, -75.667708
    • 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 Arundel
  • 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 Arundel is near Chester County and also Cecil County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil 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 Arundel

Communities Also Named Arundel ...

We found six communities that are also named Arundel.

Within Delaware, the name Arundel is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Merced County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Arundel [Merced County].
    • Florida
      • Martin County
      • This Arundel is located in Martin County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Arundel that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Arundel.
    • Maine
      • York County
      • This Arundel is located in York County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Arundel that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Arundel.
    • Maryland
      • Cecil County
      • This Arundel is located in Cecil County and lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Arundel that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Arundel.
      • Prince George's 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 Arundel [Prince George's County].
    • Quebec
      • This Arundel lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<2> to the north of the Arundel that is located in New Castle County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Arundel ...

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 Pointe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Birch Pointe is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Pointe
  • Cedars
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cedars is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
  • Cedars Knoll
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cedars Knoll is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars Knoll
  • Coffee Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Coffee Run is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Run
  • Deacons Walk
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Deacons Walk is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacons Walk
  • English Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • English Village is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
  • Foxfire
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Foxfire is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
  • Glenville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenville is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
  • Green Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Valley is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Greenbank
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Greenbank is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbank
  • Heather Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Heather Valley is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Valley
  • Heritage
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Heritage is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
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    • Heritage Farms
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Heritage Farms is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Farms
    • Hickory Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hickory Ridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
    • Liberty
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Liberty is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Limestone Gap
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Limestone Gap is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Gap
    • Limestone Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Limestone Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Hills
    • Loveville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Loveville is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveville
    • Maplecrest
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Maplecrest is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecrest
    • Mermaid
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Mermaid is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid
    • Mermaid Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Mermaid Run is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid Run
    • Milltown
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Milltown is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
    • Mockingbird Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Mockingbird Hill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
    • Mockingbird Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Mockingbird Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hills
    • Pepper Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Pepper Ridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Ridge
    • Pike Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Pike Creek is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek
    • Pike Creek Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Pike Creek Valley is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek Valley
    • Pinecrest
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Pinecrest is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
    • Pleasant Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
    • Plum Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Plum Run is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Run
    • Prices Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Prices Corner is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Corner
    • Quail Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Quail Ridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Rolling Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Rolling Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
    • Rolling Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Rolling Ridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Ridge
    • Skyline Crest
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Skyline Crest is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Crest
    • Skyline Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Skyline Ridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Ridge
    • Spring Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Valley is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Stony Crest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Stony Crest is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Crest
    • Tree Top Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Tree Top Valley is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Top Valley
    • Tuxedo Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Tuxedo Park is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Park
    • Winterbury
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Winterbury is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterbury
    • Woodland Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Woodland Park is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

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

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

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the East.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Arundel to Dover, with an average speed<4> 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 93 miles [149.7 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 most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,804 miles [9,340.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,510 miles [10,476.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,386 miles [7,058.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Arundel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Arundel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Arundel 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 Arundel 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 Arundel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7362, Longitude: -75.6677       In this case, the coordinates for Arundel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.02 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.582 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.80 degrees.