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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 Forest Gate, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest Gate 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 Forest Gate:
    • 39.234700, -75.726300
    • 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 Forest Gate
  • 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 Forest Gate is near Queen Anne's County and also New Castle County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle 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 Forest Gate

Communities Also Named Forest Gate ...

We found one communities that are also named Forest Gate.

Within Delaware, the name Forest Gate is unique.

Beyond Delaware, there is another community also named Forest Gate in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Forest Gate lies 1,714 miles [2,758.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Forest Gate that is located in Kent County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest Gate ...

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.

  • Bolton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bolton is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
  • Downs Chapel
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Downs Chapel is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Chapel
  • Everetts Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Everetts Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts Corner
  • Fords Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fords Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Corner
  • Peacock Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Peacock Corners is located in Kent County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock Corners
  • Peters Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Peters Corners is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Corners
  • Plantation Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Plantation Crossing is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Crossing
  • Rolling Meadows
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rolling Meadows is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
  • Seven Hickories
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Seven Hickories is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hickories
  • Shorts Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Shorts Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Corner
  • Slaughter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Slaughter is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
  • Twin Eagle Farms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Twin Eagle Farms is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Eagle Farms
  • Whigville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Whigville is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville
  • Wind Song Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Wind Song Farms is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind Song Farms

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

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

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Forest Gate to Dover, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 73 miles [117.5 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 5,828 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 6,531 miles [10,510.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,408 miles [7,094 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Forest Gate) 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 Forest Gate 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 Forest Gate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2347, Longitude: -75.7263       In this case, the coordinates for Forest Gate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.095 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.588 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.03 degrees.