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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 Longview Farms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Longview Farms 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 Longview Farms:
- 39.819279, -75.472142
- 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 Longview Farms
- 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 New Castle County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
- Since Longview Farms is near Delaware County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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 Longview Farms
Curious and Interesting Names Near Longview Farms ...
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.
- Beau Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beau Tree is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beau Tree
- Birch Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Birch Knoll is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Knoll
- Booths Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Booths Corner is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booths Corner
- Brandywood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brandywood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywood
- Brookcroft
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brookcroft is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookcroft
- Carpenter
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Carpenter is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Cedartree
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cedartree is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedartree
- Gardendale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gardendale is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardendale
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Acres is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Greenmount
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greenmount is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount
- Greenshire
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenshire is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenshire
- Greentree
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greentree is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree
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- Grubbs Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Grubbs Corner is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs Corner
- Grubbs Landing ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Grubbs Landing is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs Landing
- Heatherbrooke
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Heatherbrooke is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherbrooke
- Hiddencreek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hiddencreek is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiddencreek
- Hillendale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hillendale is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale
- Holiday Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Holiday Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Holly Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Holly Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
- Holly Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Holly Oak is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oak
- Indian Field
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Indian Field is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Field
- Kings Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kings Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ridge
- Log Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Log Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Run
- Lynnfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lynnfield is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield
- Maplechase
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maplechase is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplechase
- Marcus Hook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Quarryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Quarryville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Riverview Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Riverview Gardens is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Gardens
- Rolling Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rolling Park is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Park
- Silverside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Silverside is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverside
- Stockdale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stockdale is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
- Twin Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in Delaware County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Valley Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Valley Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Run
- Windy Bush
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Windy Bush is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Bush
- Woodside Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodside Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Hills
- Woodstream Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Woodstream Gardens is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstream Gardens
How Far From Longview Farms 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 Longview Farms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Longview Farms and extending to:
- Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Longview Farms to Dover, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 104 miles [167.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,792 miles [9,321.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,375 miles [7,040.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Longview Farms) 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 Longview Farms 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 Longview Farms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8193, Longitude: -75.4721 In this case, the coordinates for Longview Farms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.897 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.456 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.682 degrees. |
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