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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 Indian Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Indian Beach 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 Indian Beach:
    • 38.685668, -75.073236
    • 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 Indian Beach
  • 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 Indian Beach is near Worcester County and also Cape May County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cape May 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 Indian Beach

Communities Also Named Indian Beach ...

We found four communities that are also named Indian Beach.

Within Delaware, the name Indian Beach is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Sarasota 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 Florida community of Indian Beach [Sarasota County].
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • This Indian Beach is located in Jefferson Parish and lies 1,044 miles [1,680.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Indian Beach that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Parish community of Indian Beach.
    • North Carolina
      • Carteret County
      • This Indian Beach is located in Carteret County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Indian Beach that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of Indian Beach.
    • Washington
      • Island County
      • This Indian Beach is located in Island County and lies 2,426 miles [3,904.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Indian Beach that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Island County community of Indian Beach.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Indian Beach ...

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.

  • Bookhammer Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Bookhammer Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookhammer Landing
  • Carpenters Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Carpenters Corner is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corner
  • Fisher Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Fisher Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Landing
  • Greens Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greens Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Landing
  • Herring Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Herring Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring Landing
  • John Marsh Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • John Marsh Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Marsh Landing
  • Lingo Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lingo Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo Landing
  • Maplewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Maplewood is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Marshtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Marshtown is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshtown
  • Pine Water Farm
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pine Water Farm is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Water Farm
  • Pine Water Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pine Water Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Water Landing
  • Piney Glade
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Piney Glade is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Glade
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Robinson Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Robinson Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Landing
    • Seabreeze
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Seabreeze is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabreeze
    • Shady Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shady Grove is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Shady Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Shady Ridge is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Ridge
    • Sheep Pen Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sheep Pen Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Pen Landing
    • Shell Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Shell Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Landing
    • Woods Edge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Woods Edge is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Edge

How Far From Indian Beach 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 Indian Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Indian Beach to Georgetown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 106 miles [170.6 km] to the west (W). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,822 miles [9,369.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,400 miles [7,081.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 Indian Beach 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 '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- Indian Beach) 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 Indian Beach 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 Indian Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6857, Longitude: -75.0732       In this case, the coordinates for Indian Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.758 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.12 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.984 degrees.