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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 Garton Development, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garton Development 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 Garton Development:
- 39.112612, -75.559369
- 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 Garton Development
- 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 Garton Development is near Caroline County and also Sussex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex 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 Garton Development
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garton Development ...
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.
- Candlewicke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Candlewicke is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewicke
- Crossgates
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crossgates is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgates
- Derby Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Derby Shores is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Shores
- Derbywood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Derbywood is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derbywood
- Eagles Nest
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Eagles Nest is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Greenview
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenview is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
- Meadow Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadow Glen is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Glen
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Quails Nest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quails Nest is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quails Nest
- Rising Sun
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rising Sun is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Rockland Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockland Hills is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Hills
- Royal Grant
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Royal Grant is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Grant
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Shady Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shady Lane is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Star Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Star Hill is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill
- Star Hill Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Star Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill Village
- Turnkey
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Turnkey is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnkey
- Woodside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wyoming
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wyoming Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wyoming Mills is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Mills
How Far From Garton Development 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 Garton Development to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Garton Development and extending to:
- Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 80 miles [128.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Garton Development to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,825 miles [9,374.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,406 miles [7,090.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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' (or 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- Garton Development) 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 Garton Development 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 Garton Development. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1126, Longitude: -75.5594 In this case, the coordinates for Garton Development have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.007 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.469 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.01 degrees. |
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