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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 Hamilton Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hamilton 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 Hamilton Park:
    • 39.717335, -75.545756
    • 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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton Park is near Salem County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Salem County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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 Hamilton Park

Communities Also Named Hamilton Park ...

We found seven communities that are also named Hamilton Park.

Within Delaware, the name Hamilton Park is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Hamilton Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hamilton Park that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Hamilton Park.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hamilton Park [Cook County].
    • Indiana
      • Delaware County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Hamilton Park [Delaware County].
    • Kentucky
      • Fayette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hamilton Park [Fayette County].
    • Maryland
      • Washington County
      • This Hamilton Park is located in Washington County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the west of the Hamilton Park that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hamilton Park.
    • New York
      • Richmond County
      • This Hamilton Park is located in Richmond County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hamilton Park that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Hamilton Park.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Hamilton Park is located in Lancaster County and lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hamilton Park that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Hamilton Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hamilton 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.

  • Boxwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Boxwood is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxwood
  • Buttonwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Buttonwood is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
  • Churchtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Churchtown is located in Salem County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
  • Deepwater
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Deepwater is located in Salem County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deepwater
  • Delaware Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Delaware Junction is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Junction
  • Fern Hook
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Fern Hook is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hook
  • Forest Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Forest Park is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Gordon Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gordon Heights is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
  • Hazeldell
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Hazeldell is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
  • Hillcrest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillcrest is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • Keystone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Keystone is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • Liberty
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Liberty is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Manor Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Manor Park is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Park
    • Masonicville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Masonicville is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonicville
    • Overview Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Overview Gardens is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview Gardens
    • Pennyhill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pennyhill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennyhill
    • Rogers Corners
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rogers Corners is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Corners
    • Rose Hill Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Rose Hill Gardens is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Gardens
    • Rosegate
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rosegate is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosegate
    • Silver Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver Springs is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
    • Stonehaven
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Stonehaven is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehaven
    • Tuxedo Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Tuxedo Park is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Park
    • Willow Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Willow Run is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run

How Far From Hamilton Park 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 Hamilton Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the North.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Hamilton Park to Dover, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 97 miles [156.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,382 miles [7,052.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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- Hamilton Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Hamilton Park could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7173, Longitude: -75.5458       In this case, the coordinates for Hamilton Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.949 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.499 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.756 degrees.