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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 Huntley Circle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Huntley Circle 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 Huntley Circle:
- 39.136779, -75.521590
- 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 Huntley Circle
- 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Since Huntley Circle is near Sussex County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex 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 Huntley Circle
Curious and Interesting Names Near Huntley Circle ...
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.
- Candlewicke
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Candlewicke is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewicke
- Crossgates
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Crossgates is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgates
- Dover
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Eagle Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Heights is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Heights
- Eagles Nest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eagles Nest is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Forest Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Forest Landing is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Landing
- Four Seasons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Four Seasons is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Greens of Dover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greens of Dover is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens of Dover
- Greenview
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenview is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
- Heatherfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Heatherfield is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherfield
- Independence Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mallard Pond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mallard Pond is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Pond
- Meadow Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meadow Glen is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Glen
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Presidential Courts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Presidential Courts is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presidential Courts
- Rising Sun
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rising Sun is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Royal Grant
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Royal Grant is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Grant
- Schoolview
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Schoolview is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoolview
- Shady Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shady Lane is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
- Star Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Star Hill is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill
- Star Hill Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Star Hill Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill Village
- Wyoming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wyoming Mills is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Mills
How Far From Huntley Circle 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 Huntley Circle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Huntley Circle and extending to:
- Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the North.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the north (N).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Huntley Circle to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,823 miles [9,371.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,525 miles [10,501 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,403 miles [7,085.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 'straight-line' (or 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- Huntley Circle) 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 Huntley Circle 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 Huntley Circle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1368, Longitude: -75.5216 In this case, the coordinates for Huntley Circle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.983 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.446 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.985 degrees. |
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