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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 Clarksville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clarksville 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 Clarksville:
    • 38.549002, -75.147685
    • 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 Clarksville
  • 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 Clarksville ...

We found 42 communities that share the name Clarksville.

Within Delaware, the name Clarksville is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of another 42 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 42 communities, 40 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clarke County
      • This Clarksville is located in Clarke County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Clarksville.
    • Arkansas
      • Johnson County
      • This Clarksville is located in Johnson County and lies 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km]<1> to the west of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Clarksville.
    • California
      • El Dorado County
      • This Clarksville is located in El Dorado County and lies 2,450 miles [3,942.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Clarksville.
    • 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 Clarksville.
    • Florida
      • Calhoun County
      • This Clarksville is located in Calhoun County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Clarksville.
      • Duval County
      • This Clarksville is located in Duval County and lies 684 miles [1,100.8 km] to the southwest of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Clarksville.
      • Marion 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 Florida community of Clarksville [Marion County].
    • Georgia
      • Habersham 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 Clarksville [Habersham County].
    • Idaho
      • Kootenai County
      • This Clarksville is located in Kootenai County and lies 2,160 miles [3,476.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kootenai County community of Clarksville.
    • Illinois
      • Clark County
      • This Clarksville is located in Clark County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the west of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Clarksville.
      • McLean County
      • This Clarksville is located in McLean County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km] to the west northwest of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Clarksville.
    • Indiana
      • Clark County
      • This Clarksville is located in Clark County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the west of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Clarksville.
      • Hamilton County
      • This Clarksville is located in Hamilton County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km] to the west northwest of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Clarksville.
    • Iowa
      • Butler County
      • This Clarksville is located in Butler County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Clarksville.
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee 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 Kansas community of Clarksville [Cherokee County].
      • Geary County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Clarksville [Geary County].
      • Johnson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Clarksville [Johnson County].
      • Leavenworth County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Clarksville [Leavenworth County].
    • Kentucky
      • Clark County
      • This Clarksville is located in Clark County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<1> to the west of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Clarksville.
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • This Clarksville is located in Howard County and lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Clarksville.
    • Michigan
      • Ionia County
      • This Clarksville is located in Ionia County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ionia County community of Clarksville.
    • Missouri
      • Pike County
      • This Clarksville is located in Pike County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<1> to the west of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Clarksville.
    • Nevada
      • Pershing 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 Nevada community of Clarksville [Pershing County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Coos County
      • This Clarksville is located in Coos County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Clarksville.
    • New Jersey
      • Hunterdon County
      • This Clarksville is located in Hunterdon County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the north of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Clarksville.
      • Mercer County
      • This Clarksville is located in Mercer County and lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the north of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Clarksville.
    • New York
      • Albany County
      • This Clarksville is located in Albany County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Clarksville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Clarksville lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
    • Ohio
      • Clinton County
      • This Clarksville is located in Clinton County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the west of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Clarksville.
      • Defiance 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 Clarksville [Defiance County].
      • Perry County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Clarksville [Perry County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Wagoner County
      • This Clarksville is located in Wagoner County and lies 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km]<1> to the west of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wagoner County community of Clarksville.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Clarksville.
    • Oregon
      • Baker County
      • This Clarksville is located in Baker County and lies 2,211 miles [3,558.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Clarksville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This Clarksville is located in Greene County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Clarksville.
      • Mercer 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 Clarksville [Mercer County].
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Clarksville [Washington County].
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This Clarksville is located in Montgomery County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the west of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Clarksville.
    • Texas
      • Cameron 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 Texas community of Clarksville [Cameron County].
      • Red River County
      • This Clarksville is located in Red River County and lies 1,159 miles [1,865.2 km]<1> to the west of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River County community of Clarksville.
    • Virginia
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Clarksville is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Clarksville.
      • Washington County
      • This Clarksville is located in Washington County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km] to the west southwest of the Clarksville that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Clarksville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clarksville ...

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.

  • Cedar Shores
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Shores
    • Cedar Shores is located in Sussex County
  • Club House Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Club House Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Club House Landing
    • Club House Landing is located in Sussex County
  • Foxfire Meadow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxfire Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire Meadow
    • Foxfire Meadow is located in Sussex County
  • Gull Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gull Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gull Point
    • Gull Point is located in Sussex County
  • Helms Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helms Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helms Landing
    • Helms Landing is located in Sussex County
  • Holly Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Forest
    • Holly Forest is located in Sussex County
  • Holly Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
    • Holly Ridge is located in Sussex County
  • Indian Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
    • Indian Cove is located in Sussex County
  • Irons Lane Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irons Lane Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irons Lane Landing
    • Irons Lane Landing is located in Sussex County
  • Israel Haul
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Israel Haul have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Israel Haul
    • Israel Haul is located in Sussex County
  • Land of Pleasant Living
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Land of Pleasant Living have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Pleasant Living
    • Land of Pleasant Living is located in Sussex County
  • Long Neck
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Neck have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Neck
    • Long Neck is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Neck <5>
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Ocean View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
      • Ocean View is located in Sussex County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,245 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocean View <5>
    • Piney Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Point
      • Piney Point is located in Sussex County
    • Prince George Acres
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prince George Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince George Acres
      • Prince George Acres is located in Sussex County
    • Rogers Haven
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogers Haven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Haven
      • Rogers Haven is located in Sussex County
    • Sandy Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Landing
      • Sandy Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Sassafras Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sassafras Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras Landing
      • Sassafras Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Seabreak
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seabreak have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabreak
      • Seabreak is located in Sussex County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clarksville and extending to:

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Clarksville to Georgetown, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 46 miles [74 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 104 miles [167.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,831 miles [9,384.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,409 miles [7,095.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Clarksville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sussex County: www.sussexcounty.net/

The official website for State of Delaware: https://delaware.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clarksville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clarksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5490, Longitude: -75.1477       In this case, the coordinates for Clarksville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Clarksville, 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 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 Clarksville 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>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Clarksville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.811 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.159 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.07 degrees.




 

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