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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 Oak Orchard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Orchard 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 Oak Orchard:
    • 38.596224, -75.172685
    • 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 Oak Orchard
  • 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 Oak Orchard 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 Oak Orchard

Communities Also Named Oak Orchard ...

We found six communities that are also named Oak Orchard.

Within Delaware, the name Oak Orchard is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Oak Orchard is located in Frederick County and lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Oak Orchard that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Oak Orchard.
      • Prince George's 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 Maryland community of Oak Orchard [Prince George's County].
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • This Oak Orchard is located in Onondaga County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the north of the Oak Orchard that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Oak Orchard.
      • Orleans County
      • This Oak Orchard is located in Orleans County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km] to the north northwest of the Oak Orchard that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Oak Orchard.
    • Ontario
      • This Oak Orchard lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oak Orchard that is located in Sussex County.
    • Wisconsin
      • Oconto County
      • This Oak Orchard is located in Oconto County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oak Orchard that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconto County community of Oak Orchard.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Orchard ...

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.

  • Bullseye
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Bullseye is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullseye
  • Clarksville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Clarksville is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
  • Ferry Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ferry Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Landing
  • Gull Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Gull Point is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gull Point
  • Helms Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Helms Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helms Landing
  • Holiday Pines
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Holiday Pines is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Pines
  • Indiantown Farms
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Indiantown Farms is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown Farms
  • Irons Lane Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Irons Lane Landing is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irons Lane Landing
  • Israel Haul
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Israel Haul is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Israel Haul
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Lingo Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lingo Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo Landing
    • Long Neck
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • River Breeze
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • River Breeze is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Breeze
    • Sandy Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sandy Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Landing
    • Sheep Pen Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Sheep Pen Landing is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Pen Landing
    • Trinity
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Trinity is located in Sussex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity

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

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

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Oak Orchard to Georgetown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 43 miles [69.2 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 102 miles [164.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,830 miles [9,382.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,408 miles [7,094 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oak Orchard) 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 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 Oak Orchard 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Oak Orchard 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 Oak Orchard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5962, Longitude: -75.1727       In this case, the coordinates for Oak Orchard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.822 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.179 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.061 degrees.