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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 Bryan Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bryan Park 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 Bryan Park:
    • 38.689836, -75.587148
    • 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 Bryan 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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
    • Since Bryan Park is near Dorchester County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Bryan Park

Communities Also Named Bryan Park ...

We found one communities that are also named Bryan Park.

Within Delaware, the name Bryan Park is unique.

Beyond Delaware, there is another community also named Bryan Park in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Henrico 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 Virginia community of Bryan Park [Henrico County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bryan 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.

  • Blades
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Blades is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
  • Briar Hook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Briar Hook is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
  • Cannon
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cannon is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
  • Cherrytree Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Cherrytree Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree Landing
  • Douglas Forge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Douglas Forge is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Forge
  • Fisher Mill Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fisher Mill Park is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Mill Park
  • Heritage Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Heritage Village is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
  • Hill N Dale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Hill N Dale is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill N Dale
  • Lake Shores
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lake Shores is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shores
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lightfoots Furnace
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Lightfoots Furnace is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoots Furnace
    • Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Meadows is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
    • Old Furnace
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Old Furnace is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Furnace
    • Richard Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Richard Heights is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard Heights
    • Ruth Harbor
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ruth Harbor is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth Harbor
    • Snug Harbor
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Snug Harbor is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor

How Far From Bryan Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bryan Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Bryan Park to Georgetown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 79 miles [127.1 km] to the west (W). Driving 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 5,844 miles [9,405 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,423 miles [7,118.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Bryan 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bryan Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Bryan 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 Bryan Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6898, Longitude: -75.5871       In this case, the coordinates for Bryan Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.055 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.459 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.193 degrees.