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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 Caravel Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caravel Farms 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 Caravel Farms:
    • 39.595945, -75.720488
    • 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 Caravel Farms
  • 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 New Castle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
    • Since Caravel Farms is near Cecil County and also Salem County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Salem 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 Caravel Farms

Curious and Interesting Names Near Caravel Farms ...

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.

  • Bear
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Farms is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Farms
  • Deer Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Deer Run is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
  • Glasgow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Glasgow is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
  • Glasgow Court
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Glasgow Court is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Court
  • Glasgow Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Glasgow Pines is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Pines
  • Hickory Woods
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hickory Woods is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
  • Iron Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Iron Hill is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
  • Kings Croft
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Croft is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Croft
  • Little Jersey
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Little Jersey is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Jersey
  • Melody Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Melody Meadows is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Meadows
  • Porter Square
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Porter Square is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Square
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Red Lion
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Red Lion is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
    • Stones Throw
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Stones Throw is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Throw
    • Summer Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Summer Hill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
    • Turn Quist
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Turn Quist is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turn Quist

How Far From Caravel Farms 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 Caravel Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Caravel Farms to Wilmington, 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 31 miles [49.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 85 miles [136.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 5,812 miles [9,353.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,517 miles [10,488.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,394 miles [7,071.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Caravel Farms) 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 Caravel Farms 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 Caravel Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5959, Longitude: -75.7205       In this case, the coordinates for Caravel Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.063 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.608 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.88 degrees.