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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 Laurel Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Laurel Bend 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 Laurel Bend:
- 39.136501, -75.510757
- 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 Laurel Bend
- 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 Laurel Bend 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 Laurel Bend
Communities Also Named Laurel Bend ...
We found one communities that are also named Laurel Bend.
Within Delaware, the name Laurel Bend is unique.
Beyond Delaware, there is another community also named Laurel Bend in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks 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 Laurel Bend [Bucks County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Laurel Bend ...
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 southwest)
- 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
- Cypress Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Gardens is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Gardens
- Dover
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Eagle Heights
(Less than 2 miles 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 southwest)
- Eagles Nest is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Forest Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- 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
- Greenview
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Greenview is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
- Independence Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Meadow Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meadow Glen is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Glen
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles 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 southwest)
- Royal Grant is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Grant
- Schoolview
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- 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 southwest)
- 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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wyoming Mills is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Mills
How Far From Laurel Bend 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 Laurel Bend to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Laurel Bend and extending to:
- Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the north northwest (NNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 83 miles [133.6 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Laurel Bend to White House, with an average speed<4>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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- 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).<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Laurel Bend 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Laurel Bend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Laurel Bend 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 Laurel Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1365, Longitude: -75.5108 In this case, the coordinates for Laurel Bend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.976 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.439 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.98 degrees. |
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