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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 Chapel Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chapel Hill and the surrounding area.
- 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 Chapel Hill:
- 39.701501, -75.731045
- 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 Chapel Hill
- 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 Chapel Hill is near Cecil County and also Chester 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 Chester 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 Chapel Hill
Communities Also Named Chapel Hill ...
We found 39 communities that are also named Chapel Hill.
Within Delaware, the name Chapel Hill is unique.
Beyond Delaware, we know of 39 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 38 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chambers County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Chapel Hill.
- Choctaw County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Choctaw County and lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Chapel Hill.
- Covington County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Covington County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km] to the southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Chapel Hill.
- Jefferson County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Jefferson County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Chapel Hill.
- Walker County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Walker County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Chapel Hill.
- Washington County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Washington County and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Chapel Hill.
- Arkansas
- Howard County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Howard County and lies 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Chapel Hill.
- Sevier County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Sevier County and lies 1,100 miles [1,770.3 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Chapel Hill.
- Connecticut
- New London County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in New London County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Chapel Hill.
- Florida
- Palm Beach County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Palm Beach County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Chapel Hill.
- Georgia
- DeKalb County
- This Chapel Hill is located in DeKalb County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Chapel Hill.
- Douglas County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Douglas County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km] to the southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Chapel Hill.
- Floyd County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Floyd County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Chapel Hill.
- Twiggs County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Chapel Hill [Twiggs County].
- Illinois
- Lake County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Lake County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Chapel Hill.
- Indiana
- Marion County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Marion County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<1> to the west of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Chapel Hill.
- Monroe County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Monroe County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km] to the west of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Chapel Hill.
- Iowa
- Scott County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Chapel Hill [Scott County].
- Kentucky
- Allen County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Allen County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Chapel Hill.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Baltimore County and lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Chapel Hill.
- Calvert County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Calvert County and lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the south southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Chapel Hill.
- Prince George's County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Prince George's County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km] to the southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Chapel Hill.
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Chapel Hill [Attala County].
- Hinds County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Hinds County and lies 976 miles [1,570.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Chapel Hill.
- Missouri
- Lafayette County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Lafayette County and lies 978 miles [1,573.9 km]<1> to the west of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Chapel Hill.
- New Jersey
- Monmouth County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Chapel Hill.
- North Carolina
- Madison County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Madison County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Chapel Hill.
- Orange County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Orange County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km] to the southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Chapel Hill.
- Ohio
- Perry County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Chapel Hill [Perry County].
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Chapel Hill [Montgomery County].
- Quebec
- This Chapel Hill lies 1,311 miles [2,109.8 km]<1> to the north of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Chapel Hill [Berkeley County].
- Tennessee
- Henderson County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Henderson County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Chapel Hill.
- Marshall County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Marshall County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Chapel Hill.
- Maury County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Maury County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km] to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Chapel Hill.
- Texas
- Smith County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Smith County and lies 1,197 miles [1,926.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Chapel Hill.
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Chapel Hill [Washington County].
- Utah
- Davis County
- This Chapel Hill is located in Davis County and lies 1,892 miles [3,044.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Chapel Hill.
- Virginia
- Alexandria City
- This Chapel Hill is located in Alexandria City and lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Chapel Hill that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexandria City community of Chapel Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chapel Hill ...
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.
- Birch Pointe
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Birch Pointe is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Pointe
- Cherokee Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee Woods is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Woods
- Cherry Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- College Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- College Park is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Corner Ketch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Corner Ketch is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Ketch
- Cottage Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cottage Mill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Mill
- Covered Bridge Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Covered Bridge Farms is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covered Bridge Farms
- Deacons Walk
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Deacons Walk is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacons Walk
- English Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- English Village is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Fox Chase Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Chase Park is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase Park
- Fox Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Woods is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Woods
- Foxfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Foxfield is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
- Continue List (30 more) ...
- Foxfire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Foxfire is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
- Glen Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Glen Farms is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Farms
- Grand Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Grand Meadows is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Meadows
- Great Good Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Great Good Place is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Good Place
- Green Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Valley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Greenridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenridge is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
- Harmony
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Harmony Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harmony Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Hills
- Heritage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage
- Heritage Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Farms is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Farms
- Hillcrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hillcrest is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hunting Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hunting Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
- Marydale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marydale is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydale
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Meadowbrook is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Mechanicsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mermaid
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mermaid is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid
- Mermaid Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mermaid Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid Run
- Pepper Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pepper Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Ridge
- Pike Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pike Creek is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek
- Pike Creek Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pike Creek Valley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek Valley
- Pine Swamp Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Swamp Corner is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Swamp Corner
- Pinecrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pinecrest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Plum Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Run
- Roseville Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Roseville Park is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville Park
- Skyline Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Skyline Crest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Crest
- Skyline Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Skyline Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Ridge
- Sycamore Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sycamore Gardens is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Gardens
- Top of the Wedge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Top of the Wedge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top of the Wedge
- Windy Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Windy Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills
- Yorkshire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Yorkshire is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
How Far From Chapel Hill 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 Chapel Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chapel Hill and extending to:
- Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chapel Hill to Wilmington, with an average speed<4> 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 39 miles [62.8 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 about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 89 miles [143.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,808 miles [9,347.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,514 miles [10,483.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,391 miles [7,066.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Chapel Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Chapel Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Chapel Hill 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Chapel Hill 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 Chapel Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7015, Longitude: -75.7310 In this case, the coordinates for Chapel Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.06 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.622 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.841 degrees. |
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