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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 Bloomfield Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bloomfield Acres 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 Bloomfield Acres:
    • 38.945800, -75.509000
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Bloomfield Acres
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Bloomfield Acres ...

We found one communities that share the name Bloomfield Acres.

Within Delaware, the name Bloomfield Acres is unique.

Beyond Delaware, there is another community also named Bloomfield Acres in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Humboldt 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 Bloomfield Acres [Humboldt County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bloomfield Acres ...

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.

  • Chestnut Knoll
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Knoll
    • Chestnut Knoll is located in Sussex County
  • Dogwood Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dogwood Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Meadows
    • Dogwood Meadows is located in Kent County
  • Frederica
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Freeman Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Corner
    • Freeman Corner is located in Sussex County
  • Knotts Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knotts Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Landing
    • Knotts Landing is located in Kent County
  • Lynch Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynch Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Heights
    • Lynch Heights is located in Kent County
  • Marvels Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marvels Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvels Crossroads
    • Marvels Crossroads is located in Kent County
  • Melvins
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvins have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvins
    • Melvins is located in Kent County
  • Melvins Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvins Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvins Crossroads
    • Melvins Crossroads is located in Kent County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Paris Woods
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paris Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Woods
      • Paris Woods is located in Kent County
    • Pine Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
      • Pine Ridge is located in Kent County
    • Pleasant Woods
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Woods
      • Pleasant Woods is located in Kent County
    • Scrap Tavern Crossroads
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scrap Tavern Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrap Tavern Crossroads
      • Scrap Tavern Crossroads is located in Kent County
    • Six Forks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Six Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Forks
      • Six Forks is located in Kent County
    • Stanley Manor
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Manor
      • Stanley Manor is located in Sussex County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Bloomfield Acres and extending to:

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Bloomfield Acres to Dover, with an average speed<5> 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 14 miles [22.5 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 82 miles [132 km] to the west (W). 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,830 miles [9,382.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,532 miles [10,512.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,410 miles [7,097.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bloomfield Acres. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Kent County: www.co.kent.de.us/

The official website for State of Delaware: https://delaware.gov/

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 Bloomfield Acres 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bloomfield Acres) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bloomfield Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9458, Longitude: -75.5090       In this case, the coordinates for Bloomfield Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Bloomfield Acres to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.99 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.425 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.057 degrees.




 

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