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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 Bay Colony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bay Colony 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 Bay Colony:
    • 38.586224, -75.144073
    • 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 Bay Colony
  • 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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
    • Since Bay Colony is near Worcester County and also Wicomico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico 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 Bay Colony

Communities Also Named Bay Colony ...

We found four communities that are also named Bay Colony.

Within Delaware, the name Bay Colony is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Bay Colony [Cook County].
    • Maryland
      • Worcester County
      • This Bay Colony is located in Worcester County and lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south of the Bay Colony that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Bay Colony.
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Bay Colony is located in Nassau County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Bay Colony that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Bay Colony.
    • Virginia
      • Virginia Beach City
      • This Bay Colony is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Bay Colony that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Bay Colony.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bay Colony ...

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.

  • Bullseye
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Bullseye is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullseye
  • Cedar Shores
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Shores is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shores
  • Clarksville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Clarksville is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
  • Club House Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Club House Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club House Landing
  • Greens Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Greens Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Landing
  • Gull Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Gull Point is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gull Point
  • Gulls Nest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Gulls Nest is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulls Nest
  • Helms Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Helms Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helms Landing
  • Herring Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Herring Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring Landing
  • Holiday Pines
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Holiday Pines is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Pines
  • Holly Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Holly Forest is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Forest
  • Holly Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Holly Ridge is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Indiantown Farms
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Indiantown Farms is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown Farms
    • Irons Lane Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Irons Lane Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irons Lane Landing
    • Israel Haul
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Israel Haul is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Israel Haul
    • Land of Pleasant Living
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lingo Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Lingo Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo Landing
    • Long Neck
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Ocean View
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Piney Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Piney Point is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Point
    • River Breeze
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • River Breeze is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Breeze
    • Rogers Haven
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rogers Haven is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Haven
    • Sandy Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sandy Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Landing
    • Sheep Pen Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Sheep Pen Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Pen Landing
    • Tower Shores
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Tower Shores is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Shores
    • Trinity
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Trinity is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity

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

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

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bay Colony to Georgetown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 44 miles [70.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 104 miles [167.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,829 miles [9,380.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,407 miles [7,092.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 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 Bay Colony 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- Bay Colony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Bay Colony 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 Bay Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5862, Longitude: -75.1441       In this case, the coordinates for Bay Colony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.806 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.16 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.053 degrees.