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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 Breezewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Breezewood 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 Breezewood:
    • 39.052891, -75.553258
    • 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 Breezewood
  • 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
    • Since Breezewood is near Sussex County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline 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 Breezewood

Communities Also Named Breezewood ...

We found six communities that are also named Breezewood.

There is one other community in Delaware that is also named Breezewood.

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

  • Communities Located In Delaware ...
    • Sussex County
      • This Breezewood is located in Sussex County and lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Breezewood that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Breezewood.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Grant County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Breezewood [Grant County].
    • Ohio
      • Auglaize County
      • This Breezewood is located in Auglaize County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Breezewood that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Auglaize County community of Breezewood.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Breezewood [Allegheny County].
      • Bedford County
      • This Breezewood is located in Bedford County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Breezewood that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Breezewood.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenwood County
      • This Breezewood is located in Greenwood County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Breezewood that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Breezewood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Breezewood ...

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.

  • Chimney Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Chimney Hill is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Hill
  • Derby Shores
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Derby Shores is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Shores
  • Derbywood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Derbywood is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derbywood
  • Eagles Nest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Eagles Nest is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
  • Hidden Pond
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hidden Pond is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Pond
  • Hideaway Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hideaway Acres is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Acres
  • Hunters Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hunters Ridge is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
  • Locustville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Locustville is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locustville
  • London Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • London Village is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Village
  • Otters Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Otters Run is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otters Run
  • Paris Villa
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Paris Villa is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Villa
  • Plymouth
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Plymouth is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Rising Sun
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Rising Sun is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
    • Riverview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Riverview is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Scrap Tavern Crossroads
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Star Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Star Hill is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill
    • Star Hill Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Star Hill Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill Village
    • Turnkey
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Turnkey is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnkey
    • Viola Woods
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Viola Woods is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola Woods
    • Wooden Bridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Wooden Bridge is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooden Bridge
    • Woodside
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)

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

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

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the North.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the north (N).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Breezewood to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,828 miles [9,379.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,408 miles [7,094 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Breezewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Breezewood 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.
<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 Breezewood 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 Breezewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0529, Longitude: -75.5533       In this case, the coordinates for Breezewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.008 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.461 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.032 degrees.