Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Covered Bridge Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Covered Bridge Farms and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Covered Bridge Farms

• 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 Covered Bridge Farms:
  • 39.700111, -75.782992
  • 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 Covered Bridge 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 New Castle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
  • Since Covered Bridge Farms is near Cecil County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester 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 Covered Bridge Farms

Curious and Interesting Names Near Covered Bridge 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.

• Chapel Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Chapel Hill is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
• Cherry Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Cherry Hill is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
• College Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • College Park is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
• Foxfield
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Foxfield is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
• Glen Farms
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Glen Farms is located in Cecil County (MD)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Farms
• Grand Meadows
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Grand Meadows is located in Cecil County (MD)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Meadows
• Greenridge
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Greenridge is located in Cecil County (MD)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
• Hillcrest
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Hillcrest is located in Cecil County (MD)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
• Hunting Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Hunting Hills is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
• Mechanicsville
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mechanicsville is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
• Top of the Wedge
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Top of the Wedge is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top of the Wedge

How Far From Covered Bridge Farms 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 Covered Bridge 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 Covered Bridge Farms and extending to:

• Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Covered Bridge Farms to Wilmington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 39 miles [62.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 86 miles [138.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,811 miles [9,351.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,516 miles [10,486.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,393 miles [7,069.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'