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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 Marshtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marshtown 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 Marshtown:
    • 38.693446, -75.163796
    • 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 Marshtown
  • 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 Marshtown 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 Marshtown

Communities Also Named Marshtown ...

We found two communities that are also named Marshtown.

Within Delaware, the name Marshtown is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Fulton County
      • This Marshtown is located in Fulton County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Marshtown that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Marshtown.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Marshtown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Marshtown ...

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.

  • Belltown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Belltown is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
  • Bookhammer Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bookhammer Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookhammer Landing
  • Carpenters Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Carpenters Corner is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corner
  • Fisher Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fisher Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Landing
  • Five Points
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Five Points is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Greens Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Greens Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Landing
  • Herring Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Herring Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring Landing
  • Jimtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jimtown is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • John Marsh Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • John Marsh Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Marsh Landing
  • Maplewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Maplewood is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Pine Water Farm
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • 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 south)
    • Pine Water Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Water Landing
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Piney Glade
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Piney Glade is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Glade
    • Robinson Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Robinson Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Landing
    • Robinsonville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Robinsonville is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
    • Sea Spray Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sea Spray Village is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Spray Village
    • Shady Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Shady Grove is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Shady Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Shady Ridge is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Ridge
    • Sheep Pen Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Sheep Pen Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Pen Landing
    • Shell Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Shell Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Landing
    • Woods Edge
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Woods Edge is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Edge

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

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

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Marshtown to Georgetown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 37 miles [59.5 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 over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 101 miles [162.5 km] to the west (W). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,826 miles [9,376 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 4,404 miles [7,087.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Marshtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Marshtown 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.
<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 Marshtown 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 Marshtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6934, Longitude: -75.1638       In this case, the coordinates for Marshtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.809 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.18 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.017 degrees.