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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 East Side Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Side Village 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 East Side Village:
- 38.774279, -75.301580
- 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 East Side Village
- 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 East Side Village is near Kent County and also Cape May County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cape May 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 East Side Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Side Village ...
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.
- Arabian Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arabian Acres is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabian Acres
- Black Hog Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Black Hog Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hog Landing
- Cave Colony
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cave Colony is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Colony
- Cool Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cool Spring is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
- Cripple Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cripple Creek is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cripple Creek
- Deerwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deerwood is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Drawbridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Drawbridge is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawbridge
- Edgewater
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Edgewater is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Gravel Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Hazzard Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hazzard Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazzard Landing
- Lazy Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lazy Lake is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Lake
- Mallard Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mallard Point is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Point
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Oyster Rocks
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oyster Rocks is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Rocks
- Pinetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pinetown is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetown
- Robertson Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Robertson Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Landing
- Sand Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Hill is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Shady Rest Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Rest Park is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Rest Park
- Shady Side
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shady Side is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Side
- Star Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Star Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Landing
- Steamboat Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Steamboat Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Landing
- Wiltbank Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wiltbank Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiltbank Landing
How Far From East Side Village 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 East Side Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in East Side Village and extending to:
- Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from East Side Village to Dover, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 93 miles [149.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,828 miles [9,379.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,407 miles [7,092.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Side Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 East Side Village 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 East Side Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7743, Longitude: -75.3016 In this case, the coordinates for East Side Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.883 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.276 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.041 degrees. |
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