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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 Cypress Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cypress Gardens 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 Cypress Gardens:
    • 39.099900, -75.489000
    • 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 Cypress Gardens
  • 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
    • Since Cypress Gardens is near Sussex County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex 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 Cypress Gardens

Communities Also Named Cypress Gardens ...

We found four communities that are also named Cypress Gardens.

Within Delaware, the name Cypress Gardens is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Polk County
      • This Cypress Gardens is located in Polk County and lies 845 miles [1,359.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cypress Gardens that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Cypress Gardens.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Bernard Parish
      • This Cypress Gardens is located in Saint Bernard Parish and lies 1,034 miles [1,664.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cypress Gardens that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Bernard Parish community of Cypress Gardens.
      • Terrebonne Parish
      • This Cypress Gardens is located in Terrebonne Parish and lies 1,085 miles [1,746.1 km] to the west southwest of the Cypress Gardens that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Terrebonne Parish community of Cypress Gardens.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley 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 South Carolina community of Cypress Gardens [Berkeley County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cypress Gardens ...

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.

  • Candlewicke
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Candlewicke is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewicke
  • Eagle Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Eagle Heights is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Heights
  • Eagles Nest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Eagles Nest is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
  • Florence
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Florence is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Forest Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Forest Landing is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Landing
  • Greenview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenview is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
  • Hideaway Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Hideaway Acres is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Acres
  • Locustville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Locustville is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locustville
  • Magnolia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Meadow Glen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadow Glen is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Glen
  • Misty Pines
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Misty Pines is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Pines
  • Pleasant Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rising Sun
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Rising Sun is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
    • Royal Grant
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Royal Grant is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Grant
    • Shady Lane
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Shady Lane is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
    • Star Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Star Hill is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill
    • Star Hill Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Star Hill Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill Village
    • White House Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • White House Landing is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Landing

How Far From Cypress Gardens 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 Cypress Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Cypress Gardens to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,823 miles [9,371.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,525 miles [10,501 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,403 miles [7,085.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cypress Gardens) 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 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 Cypress Gardens 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Cypress Gardens 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 Cypress Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0999, Longitude: -75.4890       In this case, the coordinates for Cypress Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.966 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.422 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.986 degrees.