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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 View Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bay View Park 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 View Park:
    • 38.507612, -75.059348
    • 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 View Park
  • 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 View Park 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 View Park

Communities Also Named Bay View Park ...

We found three communities that are also named Bay View Park.

Within Delaware, the name Bay View Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Monterey 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 Bay View Park [Monterey County].
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Bay View Park is located in Weber County and lies 1,954 miles [3,144.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Bay View Park that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Bay View Park.
    • Virginia
      • Norfolk City
      • This Bay View Park is located in Norfolk City and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Bay View Park that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Bay View Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bay View Park ...

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.

  • Foxfire Meadow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Foxfire Meadow is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire Meadow
  • Indian Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Indian Cove is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
  • Kings Grant
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Kings Grant is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Grant
  • Magnolia Shores
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Magnolia Shores is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Shores
  • Middlesex Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Middlesex Beach is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Beach
  • Mulberry Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Mulberry Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Landing
  • Ocean View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Peppers Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Peppers Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peppers Landing
  • Queens Quest
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Queens Quest is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Quest
  • Sassafras Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Sassafras Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras Landing
  • Sea Dunes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Sea Dunes is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Dunes
  • Seabreak
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Seabreak is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabreak
  • Strawberry Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Strawberry Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Landing
  • Teaberry Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Teaberry Woods is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaberry Woods

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

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

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bay View Park to Georgetown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 51 miles [82.1 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 most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 109 miles [175.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 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 6,527 miles [10,504.2 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 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 Bay View Park 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bay View Park) 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 View Park 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 View Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5076, Longitude: -75.0593       In this case, the coordinates for Bay View Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.764 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.099 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.051 degrees.