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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 Four Seasons Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Four Seasons Park 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 Four Seasons Park:
    • 39.622334, -75.749934
    • 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 Four Seasons Park
  • 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 Four Seasons Park is near Cecil County and also Chester 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 Chester 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 Four Seasons Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Four Seasons Park ...

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.

  • Cedar Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Farms is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Farms
  • College Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • College Park is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Cottage Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Cottage Mill is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Mill
  • Deer Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Deer Run is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
  • Glasgow
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Glasgow is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
  • Glasgow Court
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Glasgow Court is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Court
  • Glasgow Pines
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Glasgow Pines is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Pines
  • Heritage Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Heritage Woods is located in Cecil County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
  • Hickory Woods
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Woods is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
  • Iron Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Iron Hill is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
  • Marydale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Marydale is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydale
  • Meadowview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadowview is located in Cecil County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Melody Meadows
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Melody Meadows is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Meadows
    • Porter Square
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Porter Square is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Square
    • Stones Throw
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Stones Throw is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Throw
    • Summer Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Summer Hill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
    • Summit View
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Summit View is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit View
    • Turn Quist
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Turn Quist is located in Cecil County (MD)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turn Quist
    • Yorkshire
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Yorkshire is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire

How Far From Four Seasons Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Four Seasons Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Four Seasons Park and extending to:

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Four Seasons Park to Wilmington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 34 miles [54.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 85 miles [136.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving 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 5,812 miles [9,353.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,517 miles [10,488.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,394 miles [7,071.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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- Four Seasons Park) 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 Four Seasons Park 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 Four Seasons Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6223, Longitude: -75.7499       In this case, the coordinates for Four Seasons Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.078 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.63 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.882 degrees.