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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 Briar Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Briar Park and the surrounding area.
- 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 Briar Park:
- 39.106224, -75.544091
- 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 Briar 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Since Briar Park is near Caroline County and also Sussex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex 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 Briar Park
Communities Also Named Briar Park ...
We found one communities that are also named Briar Park.
Within Delaware, the name Briar Park is unique.
Beyond Delaware, there is another community also named Briar Park in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Nassau 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 York community of Briar Park [Nassau County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Briar 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.
- Candlewicke
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Candlewicke is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewicke
- Crossgates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crossgates is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgates
- Cypress Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cypress Gardens is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Gardens
- Derby Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Derby Shores is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Shores
- Derbywood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Derbywood is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derbywood
- Eagles Nest
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Eagles Nest is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Forest Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Forest Landing is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Landing
- Greenview
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenview is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
- Hideaway Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hideaway Acres is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Acres
- London Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- London Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Village
- Meadow Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Meadow Glen is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Glen
- Paris Villa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Paris Villa is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Villa
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Rising Sun
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rising Sun is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Royal Grant
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Royal Grant is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Grant
- Shady Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shady Lane is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Star Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Star Hill is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill
- Star Hill Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Star Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill Village
- Turnkey
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Turnkey is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnkey
- Woodside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wyoming Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wyoming Mills is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Mills
How Far From Briar 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 Briar Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Briar Park and extending to:
- Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 81 miles [130.4 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Briar Park 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 5,825 miles [9,374.4 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 4,405 miles [7,089.2 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 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 Briar 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Briar Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Briar 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 Briar Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1062, Longitude: -75.5441 In this case, the coordinates for Briar Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.998 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.459 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.006 degrees. |
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