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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 Hampton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hampton 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 Hampton:
- 39.825390, -75.522423
- 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 Hampton
- 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 Hampton is near Delaware County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Hampton
Communities Also Named Hampton ...
We found 45 communities that are also named Hampton.
Within Delaware, the name Hampton is unique.
Beyond Delaware, we know of 45 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 45 communities, 40 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tallapoosa County
- This Hampton is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Hampton.
- Arkansas
- Calhoun County
- This Hampton is located in Calhoun County and lies 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Hampton.
- Connecticut
- Windham County
- This Hampton is located in Windham County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Hampton.
- Florida
- Bradford County
- This Hampton is located in Bradford County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Hampton.
- Georgia
- Henry County
- This Hampton is located in Henry County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Hampton.
- Idaho
- Latah County
- This Hampton is located in Latah County and lies 2,105 miles [3,387.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Latah County community of Hampton.
- Illinois
- Rock Island County
- This Hampton is located in Rock Island County and lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock Island County community of Hampton.
- Will 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 Hampton [Will County].
- Iowa
- Franklin County
- This Hampton is located in Franklin County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Hampton.
- Kansas
- Rush 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 Kansas community of Hampton [Rush County].
- Kentucky
- Boyd 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 Hampton [Boyd County].
- Livingston County
- This Hampton is located in Livingston County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<1> to the west of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Hampton.
- Louisiana
- Allen Parish
- This Hampton is located in Allen Parish and lies 1,152 miles [1,854 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen Parish community of Hampton.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Hampton is located in Baltimore County and lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Hampton.
- Talbot County
- This Hampton is located in Talbot County and lies 87 miles [140 km] to the south southwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Hampton.
- Minnesota
- Dakota County
- This Hampton is located in Dakota County and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dakota County community of Hampton.
- Mississippi
- Washington County
- This Hampton is located in Washington County and lies 977 miles [1,572.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hampton.
- Missouri
- Platte County
- This Hampton is located in Platte County and lies 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km]<1> to the west of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Hampton.
- Nebraska
- Hamilton County
- This Hampton is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,175 miles [1,891 km]<1> to the west of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Hampton.
- New Brunswick
- This Hampton lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- New Hampshire
- Rockingham County
- This Hampton is located in Rockingham County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Hampton.
- New Jersey
- Sussex 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 New Jersey community of Hampton [Sussex County].
- New York
- Washington County
- This Hampton is located in Washington County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hampton.
- North Carolina
- Durham County
- This Hampton is located in Durham County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Durham County community of Hampton.
- Granville 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 North Carolina community of Hampton [Granville County].
- North Dakota
- Emmons 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 North Dakota community of Hampton [Emmons County].
- Nova Scotia
- This Hampton lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- Oklahoma
- Osage 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 Oklahoma community of Hampton [Osage County].
- Ontario
- This Hampton lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- Oregon
- Deschutes County
- This Hampton is located in Deschutes County and lies 2,290 miles [3,685.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deschutes County community of Hampton.
- Lane County
- This Hampton is located in Lane County and lies 2,405 miles [3,870.5 km] to the west northwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Hampton.
- Pennsylvania
- Adams County
- This Hampton is located in Adams County and lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the west of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Hampton.
- Berks 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 Pennsylvania community of Hampton [Berks County].
- Prince Edward Island
- This Hampton lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- Saskatchewan
- This community is historic<2> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Hampton.
- South Carolina
- Hampton County
- This Hampton is located in Hampton County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton County community of Hampton.
- Tennessee
- Carter County
- This Hampton is located in Carter County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Hampton.
- Texas
- Nacogdoches County
- Although located in Nacogdoches County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nacogdoches County community of Hampton.
- Tyler County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Tyler County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tyler County community of Hampton.
- Virginia
- Hampton City
- This Hampton is located in Hampton City and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton City community of Hampton.
- Washington
- Whatcom County
- This Hampton is located in Whatcom County and lies 2,354 miles [3,788.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Hampton.
- West Virginia
- Raleigh 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 West Virginia community of Hampton [Raleigh County].
- Upshur County
- This Hampton is located in Upshur County and lies 259 miles [416.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Hampton.
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee 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 Wisconsin community of Hampton [Milwaukee County].
- Wyoming
- Uinta County
- This Hampton is located in Uinta County and lies 1,813 miles [2,917.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hampton that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Uinta County community of Hampton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hampton ...
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.
- Beau Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Beau Tree is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beau Tree
- Beaver Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Valley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
- Birch Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Birch Knoll is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Knoll
- Booths Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Booths Corner is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booths Corner
- Boulder Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Boulder Brook is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Brook
- Brandywood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brandywood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywood
- Brookcroft
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brookcroft is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookcroft
- Cedartree
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cedartree is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedartree
- Concord Hunt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Concord Hunt is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Hunt
- Edenridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Edenridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenridge
- Elam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elam is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam
- Galewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Galewood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Green Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Green Meadow is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
- Grubbs Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Grubbs Corner is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs Corner
- Gumwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gumwood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumwood
- Heatherbrooke
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Heatherbrooke is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherbrooke
- Hillendale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hillendale is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale
- Holiday Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Holiday Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Holly Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Indian Field
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Indian Field is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Field
- Kings Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kings Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ridge
- Log Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Log Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Run
- Longview Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Longview Farms is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Farms
- Longwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Longwood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Lynnfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lynnfield is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield
- Maplechase
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Maplechase is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplechase
- Silverside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Silverside is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverside
- Twin Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Twin Oaks is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Valley Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Valley Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Run
- Windy Bush
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Windy Bush is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Bush
How Far From Hampton 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 Hampton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hampton and extending to:
- Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the South.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Hampton to Dover, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 103 miles [165.8 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 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,794 miles [9,324.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,377 miles [7,044.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Hampton) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Hampton 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hampton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Hampton 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 Hampton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8254, Longitude: -75.5224 In this case, the coordinates for Hampton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.927 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.49 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.701 degrees. |
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