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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 Cedar Brae Farm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cedar Brae Farm 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 Cedar Brae Farm:
    • 39.364834, -75.682152
    • 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 Cedar Brae Farm
  • 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 Cedar Brae Farm is near Kent County and also Kent 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 Kent 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 Cedar Brae Farm

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Brae Farm ...

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.

  • Blackbird
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Blackbird is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
  • Blackbird Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Blackbird Landing is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird Landing
  • Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Forest is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • Gander Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Gander Hill is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gander Hill
  • Green Spring
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Spring is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
  • Green Spring Farm
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Spring Farm is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring Farm
  • Meadow Vista
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadow Vista is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Vista
  • Pine Tree Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Pine Tree Corners is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree Corners
  • Point Breeze
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Point Breeze is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
  • Sycamore Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sycamore Farms is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Farms
  • Tent
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Tent is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tent

How Far From Cedar Brae Farm 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 Cedar Brae Farm to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cedar Brae Farm and extending to:

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cedar Brae Farm to Wilmington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 16 miles [25.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 79 miles [127.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,820 miles [9,366.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,524 miles [10,499.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,401 miles [7,082.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cedar Brae Farm) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Cedar Brae Farm 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 Cedar Brae Farm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3648, Longitude: -75.6822       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Brae Farm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.059 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.568 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.959 degrees.