RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Delaware >> Sussex County >> Craigs Mill >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Craigs Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Craigs Mill 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 Craigs Mill:
    • 38.626781, -75.647984
    • 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 Craigs Mill
  • 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 Craigs Mill is near Dorchester County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline 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 Craigs Mill

Communities Also Named Craigs Mill ...

We found two communities that are also named Craigs Mill.

Within Delaware, the name Craigs Mill is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Saline 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 Arkansas community of Craigs Mill [Saline County].
    • Virginia
      • Washington County
      • This Craigs Mill is located in Washington County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Craigs Mill that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Craigs Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Craigs Mill ...

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.

  • Blades
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Blades is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
  • Briar Hook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Briar Hook is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
  • Cherrytree Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cherrytree Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree Landing
  • Douglas Forge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Douglas Forge is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Forge
  • Heritage Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Heritage Village is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
  • Hill N Dale
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hill N Dale is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill N Dale
  • Lake Shores
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Shores is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shores
  • Lightfoots Furnace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lightfoots Furnace is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoots Furnace
  • Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadows is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
  • Oak Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Reliance
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Reliance is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
  • Richard Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Richard Heights is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard Heights
  • Snug Harbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Snug Harbor is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
  • Woodland Station
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Woodland Station is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Station

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

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

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Craigs Mill to Georgetown, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 37 miles [59.5 km] to the north (N). 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 77 miles [123.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,849 miles [9,413.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,550 miles [10,541.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,428 miles [7,126.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 Craigs Mill 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 '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- Craigs Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Craigs Mill 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 Craigs Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6268, Longitude: -75.6480       In this case, the coordinates for Craigs Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.095 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.494 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.243 degrees.