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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 Claymont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Claymont 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 Claymont:
- 39.800945, -75.459919
- 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 Claymont
- 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 Claymont is near Delaware County and also Salem County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Claymont
Communities Also Named Claymont ...
We found three communities that are also named Claymont.
Within Delaware, the name Claymont is unique.
Beyond Delaware, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- This Claymont is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Claymont that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Claymont.
- Kentucky
- Clay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Claymont [Clay County].
- Minnesota
- Ramsey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Claymont [Ramsey County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Claymont ...
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.
- Brandywood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brandywood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywood
- Carpenter
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cedartree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedartree is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedartree
- Gardendale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gardendale is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Green Acres is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Greenmount
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Greenmount is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount
- Greenshire
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greenshire is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenshire
- Greentree
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greentree is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree
- Grubbs Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Grubbs Corner is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs Corner
- Grubbs Landing ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grubbs Landing is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs Landing
- Hillendale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hillendale is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale
- Holiday Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Holly Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Holly Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Holly Oak
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Indian Field
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Indian Field is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Field
- Kings Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ridge
- Log Run
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Log Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Run
- Longview Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Longview Farms is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Farms
- Lynnfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lynnfield is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield
- Maplechase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maplechase is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplechase
- Marcus Hook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Quarryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Riverview Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Riverview Gardens is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Gardens
- Rolling Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rolling Park is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Park
- Silverside
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Silverside is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverside
- Stockdale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stockdale is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Valley Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Valley Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Run
- Windy Bush
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Woodside Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Woodside Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Hills
- Woodstream Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woodstream Gardens is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstream Gardens
How Far From Claymont 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 town such as Claymont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Claymont and extending to:
- Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Claymont to Dover, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 104 miles [167.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,793 miles [9,322.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,375 miles [7,040.9 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- Claymont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Claymont 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Claymont 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 Claymont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8009, Longitude: -75.4599 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.892 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.447 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.684 degrees. |
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