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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 Fieldsboro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fieldsboro 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 Fieldsboro:
    • 39.417334, -75.658541
    • 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 Fieldsboro
  • 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 Fieldsboro is near Cecil County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Fieldsboro

Communities Also Named Fieldsboro ...

We found one communities that are also named Fieldsboro.

Within Delaware, the name Fieldsboro is unique.

Beyond Delaware, there is another community also named Fieldsboro in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Greene County
      • This Fieldsboro is located in Greene County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Fieldsboro that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Fieldsboro.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fieldsboro ...

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.

  • Blackbird
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Blackbird is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
  • Blackbird Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Blackbird Landing is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird Landing
  • Evergreen Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Evergreen Farms is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Farms
  • Forest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Forest is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • Gander Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Gander Hill is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gander Hill
  • Greylag
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Greylag is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylag
  • Meadow Vista
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadow Vista is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Vista
  • Pine Tree Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pine Tree Corners is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree Corners
  • Point Breeze
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Point Breeze is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
  • Sugar Loaf Chase
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sugar Loaf Chase is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf Chase
  • Sycamore Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Sycamore Farms is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Farms

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

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

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fieldsboro to Wilmington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 82 miles [132 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,817 miles [9,361.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,398 miles [7,077.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

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 from Point A (ie- Fieldsboro) 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 Fieldsboro 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 Fieldsboro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4173, Longitude: -75.6585       In this case, the coordinates for Fieldsboro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.041 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.555 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.927 degrees.