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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 Great Good Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Great Good Place 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 Great Good Place:
- 39.752333, -75.755214
- 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 Great Good Place
- 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 Great Good Place is near Chester County and also Cecil County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil 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 Great Good Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Great Good Place ...
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.
- Chapel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chapel Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Corner Ketch
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Corner Ketch is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Ketch
- Cornish Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Hills
- Covered Bridge Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Covered Bridge Farms is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covered Bridge Farms
- Cricket Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cricket Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Hill
- Deacons Walk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deacons Walk is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacons Walk
- English Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- English Village is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Foxfire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Foxfire is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
- Glen Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Farms is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Farms
- Grand Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Meadows is located in Cecil County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Meadows
- Hickory Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Hickory Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Hillstream
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hillstream is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillstream
- Holly Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Knoll is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Knoll
- Limestone Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Limestone Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Hills
- Little Baltimore
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Little Baltimore is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Baltimore
- Manley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
- Meadowbrook
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meadowbrook is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Mechanicsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Mermaid
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mermaid is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid
- Mermaid Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mermaid Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid Run
- Pepper Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pepper Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Ridge
- Pike Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pike Creek is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek
- Pike Creek Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pike Creek Valley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Creek Valley
- Plum Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Run
- Skyline Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Ridge
- Stirrup Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stirrup Farms is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrup Farms
- Top of the Wedge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Top of the Wedge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top of the Wedge
- Vintage Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vintage Village is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village
How Far From Great Good Place 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 Great Good Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Great Good Place and extending to:
- Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Great Good Place to Wilmington, 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 42 miles [67.6 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 about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 90 miles [144.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,807 miles [9,345.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,513 miles [10,481.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,390 miles [7,065 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Great Good Place) 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 Great Good Place 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 Great Good Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7523, Longitude: -75.7552 In this case, the coordinates for Great Good Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.07 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.642 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.83 degrees. |
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