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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 Northridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Northridge 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 Northridge:
    • 39.247600, -75.591300
    • 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 Northridge
  • 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
    • Since Northridge is near New Castle County and also Queen Anne's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's 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 Northridge

Communities Also Named Northridge ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Northridge.

Within Delaware, the name Northridge is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Northridge lies 2,406 miles [3,872.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Northridge that is located in Kent County.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Northridge is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,378 miles [3,827 km]<1> to the west of the Northridge that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Northridge.
    • Colorado
      • El Paso 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 Colorado community of Northridge [El Paso County].
    • Georgia
      • Clarke County
      • This Northridge is located in Clarke County and lies 564 miles [907.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Northridge that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Northridge.
      • Fayette County
      • This Northridge is located in Fayette County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km] to the southwest of the Northridge that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Northridge.
    • Illinois
      • Adams County
      • This Northridge is located in Adams County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the west of the Northridge that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Northridge.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Northridge is located in Harford County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Northridge that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Northridge.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester 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 Massachusetts community of Northridge [Worcester County].
    • North Carolina
      • Rockingham County
      • This Northridge is located in Rockingham County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Northridge that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Northridge.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • This Northridge is located in Clark County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the west of the Northridge that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Northridge.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Northridge is located in Montgomery County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km] to the west of the Northridge that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Northridge.
    • Texas
      • Starr County
      • This Northridge is located in Starr County and lies 1,613 miles [2,595.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Northridge that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Starr County community of Northridge.
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Northridge is located in Weber County and lies 1,906 miles [3,067.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Northridge that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Northridge.
    • Virginia
      • Stafford County
      • This Northridge is located in Stafford County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Northridge that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Northridge.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Northridge ...

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.

  • Big Oak Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Big Oak Corners is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak Corners
  • Bishops Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bishops Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Corner
  • Bombay Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Bombay Woods is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bombay Woods
  • Hammville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Hammville is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammville
  • Hickory Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hickory Ridge is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
  • Hoars Addition
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hoars Addition is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoars Addition
  • Lakeshore Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lakeshore Village is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
  • Lawndale
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lawndale is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
  • Rolling Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Rolling Meadows is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
  • Ryans Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Ryans Run is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryans Run
  • Seven Hickories
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Seven Hickories is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Hickories
  • Sunnyside Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Sunnyside Village is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Village
  • Windy Way
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Windy Way is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Way

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

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

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Northridge to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,821 miles [9,368 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,524 miles [10,499.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,402 miles [7,084.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Northridge) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Northridge 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 Northridge 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 Northridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2476, Longitude: -75.5913       In this case, the coordinates for Northridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.015 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.499 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.968 degrees.