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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 Hearns Crossroads, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hearns Crossroads 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 Hearns Crossroads:
- 38.533171, -75.550202
- 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 Hearns Crossroads
- 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 Hearns Crossroads is near Wicomico County and also Dorchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester 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 Hearns Crossroads
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hearns Crossroads ...
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.
- Blades
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blades is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Cherrytree Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cherrytree Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree Landing
- Chestnut Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Douglas Forge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Douglas Forge is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Forge
- Foxwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Foxwood is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
- Greenland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenland is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Hardscrabble
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hardscrabble is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
- Hill N Dale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hill N Dale is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill N Dale
- Holly Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Holly Oak is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oak
- Jones Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Crossroads is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
- Lightfoots Furnace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lightfoots Furnace is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoots Furnace
- Midnight Thicket
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Midnight Thicket is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midnight Thicket
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pepper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pepper is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper
- Pepperbox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pepperbox is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperbox
- Ralphs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ralphs is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralphs
- Sandy Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sandy Fork is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
- Victory Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Victory Gardens is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Gardens
- Woodlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Hearns Crossroads 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 Hearns Crossroads to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hearns Crossroads and extending to:
- Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hearns Crossroads to Georgetown, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the north (N). 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 83 miles [133.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,849 miles [9,413.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,549 miles [10,539.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,428 miles [7,126.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hearns Crossroads) 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 Hearns Crossroads 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 Hearns Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5332, Longitude: -75.5502 In this case, the coordinates for Hearns Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.045 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.423 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.241 degrees. |
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