Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in New Castle Industrial Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Castle Industrial Park and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for New Castle Industrial Park

• 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 New Castle Industrial Park:
  • 39.704280, -75.535755
  • 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 New Castle Industrial Park

• 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 New Castle Industrial Park is near Salem County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Salem 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 New Castle Industrial Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Castle Industrial Park ...

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.

• Boxwood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Boxwood is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxwood
• Buttonwood
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Buttonwood is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
• Churchtown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Churchtown is located in Salem County (NJ)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
• Deepwater
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Deepwater is located in Salem County (NJ)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deepwater
• Delaware Junction
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Delaware Junction is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Junction
• Fern Hook
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Fern Hook is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hook
• Golf View
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Golf View is located in Salem County (NJ)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View
• Hazeldell
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Hazeldell is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
• Keystone
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Keystone is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
• Manor Park
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Manor Park is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Park
• Overview Gardens
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Overview Gardens is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview Gardens
• Rogers Corners
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Rogers Corners is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Corners
• Rose Hill Gardens
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Rose Hill Gardens is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Gardens
• Rosegate
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Rosegate is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosegate

How Far From New Castle Industrial Park 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 New Castle Industrial Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in New Castle Industrial Park and extending to:

• Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the North.
• Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from New Castle Industrial Park to Dover, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over 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 97 miles [156.1 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,382 miles [7,052.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'