Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Midvale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Midvale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Midvale
- 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 Midvale:
- 39.659835, -75.610482
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Midvale
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for New Castle County
- Since Midvale is near Salem County and also Cecil County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Salem County
- eBird sighting report for Cecil 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Midvale ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Midvale.
Within Delaware, the name Midvale is unique.
Beyond Delaware, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Minnesota
- Ramsey County
- This Midvale is located in Ramsey County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Midvale that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ramsey County community of Midvale.
- Washington County
- 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 Minnesota community of Midvale [Washington County].
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Franklin County
- This Midvale is located in Franklin County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the west of the Midvale that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Midvale.
- Luzerne County
- This Midvale is located in Luzerne County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the north of the Midvale that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Midvale.
- Philadelphia County
- 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 Pennsylvania community of Midvale [Philadelphia County].
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
Curious and Interesting Names Near Midvale ...
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.
- Carriage Run
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carriage Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Run
- Carriage Run is located in New Castle County
- Christiana
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Christiana is located in New Castle County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christiana <5>
- Christiana Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christiana Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana Landing
- Christiana Landing is located in New Castle County
- Christiana Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christiana Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana Village
- Christiana Village is located in New Castle County
- Coventry
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Dobbinsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dobbinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbinsville
- Dobbinsville is located in New Castle County
- Fairwinds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Hares Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hares Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hares Corner
- Hares Corner is located in New Castle County
- Ivy Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Manor Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Park
- Manor Park is located in New Castle County
- Melanie
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Oak Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
- Oak Hollow is located in New Castle County
- Pleasantville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasantville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Pleasantville is located in New Castle County
- Rivers End
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rivers End have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers End
- Rivers End is located in New Castle County
- Timber Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge
- Timber Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Manor Park
How Far From Midvale 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 Midvale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Midvale and extending to:
- Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Midvale to Dover, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 92 miles [148.1 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 most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,805 miles [9,342.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,510 miles [10,476.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,387 miles [7,060.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Midvale. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for New Castle County: www.co.new-castle.de.us/
The official website for State of Delaware: https://delaware.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Midvale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Midvale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6598, Longitude: -75.6105 In this case, the coordinates for Midvale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Midvale 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Midvale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Midvale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.992 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.539 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.807 degrees. |