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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 Grandview Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grandview Meadows 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 Grandview Meadows:
    • 39.080700, -75.489200
    • 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 Grandview Meadows
  • 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 Grandview Meadows is near Sussex County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline 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 Grandview Meadows

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grandview Meadows ...

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.

  • Cypress Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cypress Gardens is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Gardens
  • Eagle Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Eagle Heights is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Heights
  • Eagles Nest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Eagles Nest is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
  • Florence
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Florence is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Forest Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Forest Landing is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Landing
  • Hideaway Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hideaway Acres is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway Acres
  • Hunters Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hunters Ridge is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Ridge
  • Locustville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Locustville is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locustville
  • London Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • London Village is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Village
  • Magnolia
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Misty Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Misty Pines is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misty Pines
  • Paris Villa
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Paris Villa is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Villa
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Pleasant Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Rising Sun
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Rising Sun is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
    • Royal Grant
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Royal Grant is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Grant
    • Star Hill Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Star Hill Village is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill Village
    • White House Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • White House Landing is located in Kent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Landing

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Grandview Meadows and extending to:

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Grandview Meadows 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 5,824 miles [9,372.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,526 miles [10,502.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,404 miles [7,087.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grandview Meadows) 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 Grandview Meadows 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 Grandview Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0807, Longitude: -75.4892       In this case, the coordinates for Grandview Meadows have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.968 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.421 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.994 degrees.