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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 Delaware Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Delaware Heights and the surrounding area.
- 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 Delaware Heights:
- 39.825111, -75.620485
- 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 Delaware Heights
- 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 Delaware Heights is near Chester County and also Delaware 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 Delaware 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 Delaware Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Delaware Heights ...
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.
- Beaver Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beaver Valley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
- Brackenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brackenville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackenville
- Brackenville Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brackenville Woods is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackenville Woods
- Burnt Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Burnt Mills is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mills
- Charter Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Charter Oaks is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oaks
- Edenridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edenridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenridge
- Elam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elam is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam
- Fairville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fairville is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Fox Meadow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fox Meadow is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenville Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenville Place is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Place
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Henry Clay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Henry Clay is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Clay
- Hickory Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Highland Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Highland Meadows is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
- Horseshoe Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Horseshoe Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Hill
- Iron Gates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Iron Gates is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
- Keepsake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Keepsake is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepsake
- Longwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Longwood is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Loveville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loveville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveville
- Meeting House Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Meeting House Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Hill
- Meeting House Meadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Meeting House Meadows is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Meadows
- Mount Cuba
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba
- Owls Nest
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Owls Nest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Nest
- Quaker Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hill
- Red Lion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Lion is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Rockland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rosedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rosedale is located in Chester County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Skyline Orchard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Skyline Orchard is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Orchard
- Snug Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Snug Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Hill
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Swallow Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Swallow Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallow Hill
- Tree Top Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tree Top Valley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Top Valley
- Walnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Walnut Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Walnut Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
- Winterbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winterbury is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterbury
How Far From Delaware Heights 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 Delaware Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Delaware Heights and extending to:
- Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 46 miles [74 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Delaware Heights to Dover, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 99 miles [159.3 km] to the southwest (SW). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,798 miles [9,331 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,381 miles [7,050.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Delaware Heights) 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 Delaware Heights 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 Delaware Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8251, Longitude: -75.6205 In this case, the coordinates for Delaware Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.985 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.556 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.743 degrees. |
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