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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 Cool Spring Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cool Spring Farms 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 Cool Spring Farms:
    • 38.725946, -75.252411
    • 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 Cool Spring 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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
    • Since Cool Spring Farms is near Kent County and also Worcester 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 Worcester 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 Cool Spring Farms

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cool Spring 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.

  • Arabian Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Arabian Acres is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabian Acres
  • Cave Colony
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cave Colony is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Colony
  • Cool Spring
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cool Spring is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
  • Cripple Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cripple Creek is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cripple Creek
  • Deerwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Deerwood is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
  • Edgewater
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgewater is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
  • Gravel Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Gravel Hill is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Indian Mission
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Indian Mission is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mission
  • Jimtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jimtown is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • Lazy Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Lazy Lake is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Lake
  • Mallard Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mallard Point is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Point
  • Pinetown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinetown is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetown
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Robinsonville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Robinsonville is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
    • Sea Spray Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Sea Spray Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Spray Village
    • Shady Rest Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Shady Rest Park is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Rest Park
    • Shady Side
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Shady Side is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Side
    • Star Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Star Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Landing

How Far From Cool Spring 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 Cool Spring 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 Cool Spring Farms and extending to:

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Cool Spring Farms to Dover, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,828 miles [9,379.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,407 miles [7,092.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 from Point A (ie- Cool Spring 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 Cool Spring 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 Cool Spring Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7259, Longitude: -75.2524       In this case, the coordinates for Cool Spring Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.858 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.24 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.041 degrees.