Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Brown Street, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brown Street and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Brown Street

• 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 Brown Street:
  • 38.914279, -75.406585
  • 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 Brown Street

• 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 Brown Street is near Kent County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Brown Street

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brown Street ...

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 northwest)
  • Chestnut Knoll is located in Sussex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Knoll
• Dogwood Meadows
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Dogwood Meadows is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Meadows
• Freeman Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Freeman Corner is located in Sussex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Corner
• Greentop
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Greentop is located in Sussex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentop
• Hummingbird Hills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hummingbird Hills is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hummingbird Hills
• Knotts Landing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Knotts Landing is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Landing
• Lincoln
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln is located in Sussex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <1>
• Lincoln Village
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
• Lynch Heights
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Lynch Heights is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Heights
• Stanley Manor
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Stanley Manor is located in Sussex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Manor
• Woods Haven
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Woods Haven is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Haven

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brown Street and extending to:

• Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Brown Street to Georgetown, with an average speed<3> 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 17 miles [27.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 87 miles [140 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,827 miles [9,377.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,406 miles [7,090.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'