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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 Henry Clay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Henry Clay 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 Henry Clay:
    • 39.770390, -75.580203
    • 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 Henry Clay
  • 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 Henry Clay is near Chester County and also Delaware 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 Delaware 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 Henry Clay

Communities Also Named Henry Clay ...

We found three communities that are also named Henry Clay.

Within Delaware, the name Henry Clay is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Fayette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Henry Clay [Fayette County].
      • Pike County
      • This Henry Clay is located in Pike County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Henry Clay that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Henry Clay.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cumberland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Henry Clay [Cumberland County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Henry Clay ...

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.

  • Blue Ball
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Blue Ball is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball
  • Boulder Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Boulder Brook is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Brook
  • Boxwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Boxwood is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxwood
  • Cedars
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedars is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
  • Cedars Knoll
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedars Knoll is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars Knoll
  • Delaware Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Delaware Junction is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Junction
  • Edenridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Edenridge is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenridge
  • Forest Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Park is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Galewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Galewood is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
  • Gordon Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Gordon Heights is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
  • Green Meadow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Meadow is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
  • Greenbank
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenbank is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbank
  • Continue List   (28 more) ...
    • Greenville
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Greenville Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Greenville Place is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Place
    • Gristmill Woods
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Gristmill Woods is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gristmill Woods
    • Gumwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Gumwood is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumwood
    • Heatherbrooke
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Heatherbrooke is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherbrooke
    • High Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • High Point is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • Hillcrest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Hillcrest is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
    • Keystone
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Keystone is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
    • Liberty
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Liberty is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Liftwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Liftwood is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liftwood
    • Longwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Longwood is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
    • Masonicville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Masonicville is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonicville
    • Mount Cuba
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba
    • Overview Gardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Overview Gardens is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview Gardens
    • Pennyhill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Pennyhill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennyhill
    • Prices Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Prices Corner is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Corner
    • Rockland
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Rockwood Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Rockwood Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Hills
    • Rockwood Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Rockwood Woods is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Woods
    • Silver Springs
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Silver Springs is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
    • Spring Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Spring Valley is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Stonehaven
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Stonehaven is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehaven
    • Stony Crest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Stony Crest is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Crest
    • Swallow Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Swallow Hill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallow Hill
    • Twin Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Oaks is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • Walnut Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Walnut Ridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
    • Willow Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Willow Run is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run
    • Woodland Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodland Park is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

How Far From Henry Clay 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 Henry Clay to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Henry Clay 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 just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 98 miles [157.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,799 miles [9,332.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,381 miles [7,050.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Henry Clay 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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Henry Clay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Henry Clay 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 Henry Clay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7704, Longitude: -75.5802       In this case, the coordinates for Henry Clay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.965 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.526 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.748 degrees.