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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 Harlemtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harlemtown 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 Harlemtown:
- 38.690391, -75.375750
- 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 Harlemtown
- 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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Since Harlemtown is near Kent County and also Wicomico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico 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 Harlemtown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harlemtown ...
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.
- Bryans Store
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bryans Store is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Store
- Cave Colony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cave Colony is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Colony
- Deerwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deerwood is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Flea Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flea Hill is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flea Hill
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gravel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Gum Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Crossroads
- Kings Crossroads
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kings Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Crossroads
- Lazy Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lazy Lake is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Lake
- Mount Joy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Joy is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Piney Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Piney Grove is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Robbins
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Robbins is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Sand Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sand Hill is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Shady Rest Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shady Rest Park is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Rest Park
- Shortly
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shortly is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortly
- Wood Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wood Branch is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Branch
How Far From Harlemtown 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 Harlemtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Harlemtown and extending to:
- Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies just to the West.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Harlemtown to Dover, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 90 miles [144.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,835 miles [9,390.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,414 miles [7,103.6 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harlemtown) 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 Harlemtown 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 Harlemtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6904, Longitude: -75.3757 In this case, the coordinates for Harlemtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.932 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.319 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.106 degrees. |
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