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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 Heritage Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Heritage Village 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 Heritage Village:
    • 38.657614, -75.631595
    • 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 Heritage Village
  • 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 Heritage Village is near Dorchester County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dorchester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline 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 Heritage Village

Communities Also Named Heritage Village ...

We found six communities that are also named Heritage Village.

Within Delaware, the name Heritage Village is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This Heritage Village is located in New Haven County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Heritage Village that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Heritage Village.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Heritage Village is located in Burlington County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Heritage Village that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Heritage Village.
    • North Carolina
      • Forsyth County
      • This Heritage Village is located in Forsyth County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Heritage Village that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Heritage Village.
      • Pitt County
      • This Heritage Village is located in Pitt County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the south southwest of the Heritage Village that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Heritage Village.
    • Ohio
      • Tuscarawas County
      • This Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Heritage Village that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Heritage Village.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Heritage Village [Fairfax County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heritage Village ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Blades is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
  • Briar Hook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Briar Hook is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
  • Cannon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cannon is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
  • Cherrytree Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherrytree Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree Landing
  • Craigs Mill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Craigs Mill is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs Mill
  • Douglas Forge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Douglas Forge is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Forge
  • Hill N Dale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hill N Dale is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill N Dale
  • Lake Shores
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Shores is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shores
  • Lightfoots Furnace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lightfoots Furnace is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoots Furnace
  • Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Meadows is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
  • Richard Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Richard Heights is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard Heights
  • Snug Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Snug Harbor is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
  • Woodland Station
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Woodland Station is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Station

How Far From Heritage Village 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 Heritage Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Heritage Village to Georgetown, with an average speed<3> 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 35 miles [56.3 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 most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 77 miles [123.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,847 miles [9,409.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,548 miles [10,538 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,426 miles [7,123 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Heritage Village) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Heritage Village 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 Heritage Village 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 Heritage Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6576, Longitude: -75.6316       In this case, the coordinates for Heritage Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.083 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.486 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.224 degrees.