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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 Birchwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Birchwood 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 Birchwood Park:
    • 39.676501, -75.689931
    • 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 Birchwood 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 New Castle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
    • Since Birchwood Park 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 Birchwood Park

Communities Also Named Birchwood Park ...

We found four communities that are also named Birchwood Park.

Within Delaware, the name Birchwood Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean 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 New Jersey community of Birchwood Park [Ocean County].
    • New York
      • Dutchess County
      • This Birchwood Park is located in Dutchess County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Birchwood Park that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Birchwood Park.
    • North Carolina
      • Onslow County
      • This Birchwood Park is located in Onslow County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Birchwood Park that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Birchwood Park.
    • Virginia
      • James City County
      • This Birchwood Park is located in James City County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Birchwood Park that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the James City County community of Birchwood Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Birchwood 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.

  • Birch Pointe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Birch Pointe is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Pointe
  • Chapel Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Chapel Hill is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Cherokee Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cherokee Woods is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Woods
  • Christiana
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Christiana Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Christiana Landing is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana Landing
  • Christiana Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Christiana Village is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana Village
  • Coventry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Coventry is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
  • Deer Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Deer Run is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
  • Fox Chase Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fox Chase Park is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase Park
  • Fox Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Fox Woods is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Woods
  • Green Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Green Valley is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Harmony
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Harmony is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Harmony Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Harmony Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hills
    • Heritage Farms
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Heritage Farms is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Farms
    • Marydale
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Marydale is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydale
    • Oak Hollow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Oak Hollow is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
    • Pine Swamp Corner
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Pine Swamp Corner is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Swamp Corner
    • Pinecrest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Pinecrest is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
    • Raintree Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Raintree Village is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raintree Village
    • Roseville Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Roseville Park is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville Park
    • Summer Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Summer Hill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
    • Sycamore Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sycamore Gardens is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Gardens
    • Windy Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Windy Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills
    • Woodshade
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Woodshade is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshade

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

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

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Birchwood Park 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 89 miles [143.2 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 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,808 miles [9,347.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,513 miles [10,481.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,390 miles [7,065 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 Birchwood 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Birchwood 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 Birchwood 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 Birchwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6765, Longitude: -75.6899       In this case, the coordinates for Birchwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.038 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.593 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.834 degrees.