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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 Cricket Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cricket Hill 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 Cricket Hill:
    • 39.789000, -75.714935
    • 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 Cricket Hill
  • 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 Cricket Hill is near Chester County and also Cecil County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil 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 Cricket Hill

Communities Also Named Cricket Hill ...

We found three communities that are also named Cricket Hill.

Within Delaware, the name Cricket Hill is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Gwinnett County
      • This Cricket Hill is located in Gwinnett County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cricket Hill that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Cricket Hill.
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Cricket Hill [Cook County].
    • Virginia
      • Mathews County
      • This Cricket Hill is located in Mathews County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cricket Hill that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mathews County community of Cricket Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cricket Hill ...

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.

  • Brackenville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Brackenville is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackenville
  • Brackenville Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Brackenville Woods is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackenville Woods
  • Charter Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Charter Oaks is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oaks
  • Cornish Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cornish Hills is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Hills
  • Fox Meadow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Fox Meadow is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
  • Heather Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Heather Valley is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Valley
  • Hickory Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hickory Hill is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Hickory Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Ridge is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
  • Highland Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Highland Meadows is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
  • Hillstream
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hillstream is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillstream
  • Holly Knoll
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Holly Knoll is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Knoll
  • Horseshoe Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Horseshoe Hill is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Hill
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Iron Gates
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Iron Gates is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
    • Limestone Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Limestone Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Hills
    • Little Baltimore
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Little Baltimore is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Baltimore
    • Loveville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Loveville is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveville
    • Manley
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Manley is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
    • Meadowbrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Meadowbrook is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Meeting House Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Meeting House Hill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Hill
    • Meeting House Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Meeting House Meadows is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Meadows
    • Mockingbird Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Mockingbird Hill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
    • Mockingbird Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Mockingbird Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hills
    • New Garden
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • New Garden is located in Chester County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Garden
    • Quail Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Quail Ridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
    • Quaker Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Quaker Hill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hill
    • Rolling Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rolling Ridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Ridge
    • Skyline Orchard
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Skyline Orchard is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Orchard
    • Snug Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Snug Hill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Hill
    • Stirrup Farms
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Stirrup Farms is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrup Farms
    • Tree Top Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Tree Top Valley is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Top Valley
    • Vintage Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Vintage Village is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village
    • Walnut Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Walnut Hill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

How Far From Cricket Hill 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 Cricket Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cricket Hill to Wilmington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 44 miles [70.8 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 93 miles [149.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,804 miles [9,340.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,510 miles [10,476.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,386 miles [7,058.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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- Cricket Hill) 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 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 Cricket Hill 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 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 Cricket Hill 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 Cricket Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7890, Longitude: -75.7149       In this case, the coordinates for Cricket Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.043 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.617 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.798 degrees.