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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 Barley Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barley Woods 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 Barley Woods:
- 39.772890, -75.612983
- 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 Barley Woods
- 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 Barley Woods is near Chester County and also Delaware 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 Delaware 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 Barley Woods
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barley Woods ...
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.
- Brackenville Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brackenville Woods is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackenville Woods
- Cedars
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedars is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
- Cedars Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedars Knoll is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars Knoll
- Coffee Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coffee Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Run
- Forest Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Forest Park is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Greenbank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbank is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbank
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenville Place
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenville Place is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Place
- Henry Clay
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Henry Clay is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Clay
- Loveville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Loveville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveville
- Mount Cuba
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba
- Prices Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Prices Corner is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Corner
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Rockland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Silver Springs is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stony Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stony Crest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Crest
- Swallow Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Swallow Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallow Hill
- Walnut Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
- Willow Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Willow Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run
- Winterbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Winterbury is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterbury
- Woodland Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Woodland Park is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Barley Woods to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Barley Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Barley Woods and extending to:
- Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Barley Woods to Dover, with an average speed<3> 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 just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 97 miles [156.1 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,383 miles [7,053.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Barley Woods) 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 Barley Woods 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 Barley Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7729, Longitude: -75.6130 In this case, the coordinates for Barley Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.984 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.548 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.761 degrees. |
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