Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cool Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cool Spring and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Cool Spring
- 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:
- 38.732208, -75.248501
- 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 Cool Spring
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Since Cool Spring is near Kent County and also Worcester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kent County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Cool Spring ...
We found five communities that share the name Cool Spring.
Within Delaware, the name Cool Spring is unique.
Beyond Delaware, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Wilkinson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cool Spring [Wilkinson County].
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Cool Spring is located in Harford County and lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Cool Spring that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Cool Spring.
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- This Cool Spring is located in Horry County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Cool Spring that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Cool Spring.
- Virginia
- Brunswick County
- This Cool Spring is located in Brunswick County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<2> to the southwest of the Cool Spring that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Cool Spring.
- Stafford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cool Spring [Stafford County].
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cool Spring ...
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 east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arabian Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabian Acres
- Arabian Acres is located in Sussex County
- Belltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Cave Colony
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cave Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Colony
- Cave Colony is located in Sussex County
- Cripple Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cripple Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cripple Creek
- Cripple Creek is located in Sussex County
- Deerwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Edgewater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Gravel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Gravel Hill is located in Sussex County
- Jimtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Lazy Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Mallard Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallard Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Point
- Mallard Point is located in Sussex County
- Pinetown
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Robinsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
- Robinsonville is located in Sussex County
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- Sea Spray Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sea Spray Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Spray Village
- Sea Spray Village is located in Sussex County
- Shady Rest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Rest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Rest Park
- Shady Rest Park is located in Sussex County
- Shady Side
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Side have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Side
- Shady Side is located in Sussex County
- Star Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Landing
- Star Landing is located in Sussex County
- Sea Spray Village
How Far From Cool Spring to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cool Spring 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 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Cool Spring to Dover, with an average speed<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,406 miles [7,090.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cool Spring. 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> | 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 Cool Spring 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cool Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7322, Longitude: -75.2485 In this case, the coordinates for Cool Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Cool Spring to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.855 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.238 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.036 degrees. |