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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:
    • 38.720390, -75.130183
    • 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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
    • Since Breezewood is near Cape May County and also Worcester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cape May County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester 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 ...
    • Kent County
      • This Breezewood is located in Kent County and lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Breezewood that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent 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 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Breezewood that is located in Sussex 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 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Breezewood that is located in Sussex 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 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Breezewood that is located in Sussex 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.

  • Belltown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Belltown is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
  • Bookhammer Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Bookhammer Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookhammer Landing
  • Carpenters Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Carpenters Corner is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corner
  • Covey Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Covey Creek is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covey Creek
  • Fisher Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Fisher Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Landing
  • Five Points
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Points is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Indian Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Beach is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Beach
  • Jimtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jimtown is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • Maplewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Maplewood is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Marshtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Marshtown is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshtown
  • Piney Glade
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Piney Glade is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Glade
  • Quakers Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Quakers Heights is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quakers Heights
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Quakertown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Quakertown is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quakertown
    • Robinson Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Robinson Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Landing
    • Robinsonville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Robinsonville is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
    • Sand Dunes Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sand Dunes Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Dunes Village
    • Sea Spray Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Sea Spray Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Spray Village
    • Seabreeze
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Seabreeze is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabreeze
    • Shady Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Shady Grove is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Shady Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Shady Ridge is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Ridge
    • Shell Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Shell Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Landing
    • Woods Edge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Woods Edge is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Edge

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:

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Breezewood to Georgetown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 36 miles [57.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 103 miles [165.8 km] to the west (W). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,823 miles [9,371.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,402 miles [7,084.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 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.
<4>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: 38.7204, Longitude: -75.1302       In this case, the coordinates for Breezewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.788 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.159 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.993 degrees.