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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 Long Neck, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Neck 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 Long Neck:
    • 38.620112, -75.150740
    • 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 Long Neck
  • 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 Long Neck is near Worcester County and also Wicomico 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 Wicomico 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 Long Neck

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Neck ...

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.

  • Greens Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Greens Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Landing
  • Gull Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gull Point is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gull Point
  • Herring Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Herring Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring Landing
  • Holiday Pines
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Holiday Pines is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Pines
  • Indiantown Farms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Indiantown Farms is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown Farms
  • Irons Lane Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Irons Lane Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irons Lane Landing
  • Israel Haul
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Israel Haul is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Israel Haul
  • John Marsh Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • John Marsh Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Marsh Landing
  • Lingo Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lingo Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo Landing
  • Pine Water Farm
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Water Farm is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Water Farm
  • Pine Water Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Water Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Water Landing
  • River Breeze
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • River Breeze is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Breeze
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Sandy Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sandy Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Landing
    • Sheep Pen Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • 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 north)
      • Shell Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Landing
    • Trinity
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Trinity is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity

How Far From Long Neck 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 Long Neck to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Long Neck and extending to:

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Long Neck to Georgetown, with an average speed<2> 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 42 miles [67.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 103 miles [165.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,828 miles [9,379.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,527 miles [10,504.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,406 miles [7,090.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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- Long Neck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Long Neck 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 Long Neck. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6201, Longitude: -75.1507       In this case, the coordinates for Long Neck have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.808 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.166 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.042 degrees.