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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 Cheswold Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cheswold Farms 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 Cheswold Farms:
- 39.196800, -75.615200
- 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 Cheswold 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Since Cheswold Farms is near New Castle County and also Queen Anne's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's 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 Cheswold Farms
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cheswold 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.
- Bishops Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bishops Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Corner
- Cedar Chase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Chase is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Chase
- Chestnut Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Fox Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Hall is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hall
- Greens of Dover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greens of Dover is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens of Dover
- Hammville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hammville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammville
- Heatherfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heatherfield is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherfield
- Hickory Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Ridge is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hoars Addition
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hoars Addition is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoars Addition
- Hughes Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hughes Crossing is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Crossing
- Hunters Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hunters Point is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Point
- Lakeshore Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeshore Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mallard Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mallard Pond is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Pond
- Planters Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Planters Woods is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planters Woods
- Quails Nest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Quails Nest is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quails Nest
- Rolling Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Ryans Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ryans Run is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryans Run
- Seven Hickories
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Seven Hickories is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hickories
- Shorts Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shorts Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Corner
- Whigville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whigville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
How Far From Cheswold Farms 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 Cheswold Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cheswold Farms and extending to:
- Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Cheswold Farms to White House, with an average speed<2>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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,824 miles [9,372.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,527 miles [10,504.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,405 miles [7,089.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cheswold Farms) 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 Cheswold 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 Cheswold Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1968, Longitude: -75.6152 In this case, the coordinates for Cheswold Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.033 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.512 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.999 degrees. |
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