Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Burwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Burwood
- 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 Burwood:
- 39.092890, -75.561869
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Burwood
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Since Burwood is near Caroline County and also Sussex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Caroline County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Burwood ...
We found two communities that share the name Burwood.
Within Delaware, the name Burwood is unique.
Beyond Delaware, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Tennessee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burwood ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Candlewicke have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewicke
- Candlewicke is located in Kent County
- Derby Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derby Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Shores
- Derby Shores is located in Kent County
- Derbywood
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Eagles Nest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagles Nest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Eagles Nest is located in Kent County
- Greenview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - London Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for London Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Village
- London Village is located in Kent County
- Meadow Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Glen
- Meadow Glen is located in Kent County
- Paris Villa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paris Villa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Villa
- Paris Villa is located in Kent County
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Kent County
- Rising Sun
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rising Sun have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Rising Sun is located in Kent County
- Rockland Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Hills
- Rockland Hills is located in Kent County
- Royal Grant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Grant
- Royal Grant is located in Kent County
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- Shady Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Shady Lane is located in Kent County
- Star Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Star Hill Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star Hill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill Village
- Star Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Turnkey
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Woodside
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Woodside is located in Kent County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodside <4>
- Wyoming
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Wyoming is located in Kent County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,657 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyoming <4>
- Wyoming Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyoming Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Mills
- Wyoming Mills is located in Kent County
- Shady Lane
How Far From Burwood 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 Burwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burwood 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 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Burwood to White House, with an average speed<5>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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,826 miles [9,376 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,406 miles [7,090.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Burwood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Kent County: www.co.kent.de.us/
The official website for State of Delaware: https://delaware.gov/
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 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 Burwood 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0929, Longitude: -75.5619 In this case, the coordinates for Burwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Burwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.01 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.47 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.019 degrees. |