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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 Point Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oak Point Acres and the surrounding area.
- 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 Point Acres:
- 39.099279, -75.661317
- 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 Point Acres
- 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 Oak Point Acres is near Caroline County and also Queen Anne's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline 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 Oak Point Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Point Acres ...
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.
- Chapeltown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chapeltown is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
- Choptank Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Choptank Mills is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Mills
- Derby Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Derby Shores is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Shores
- Derbywood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Derbywood is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derbywood
- Hourglass
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hourglass is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hourglass
- Meadow Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Ridge is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Ridge
- Quails Nest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quails Nest is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quails Nest
- Rockland Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rockland Hills is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Hills
- Sandtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Slaughter
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Slaughter is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
- Willow Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodside
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wyoming
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Oak Point Acres 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 Oak Point Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oak Point Acres and extending to:
- Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the east northeast (ENE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 75 miles [120.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Oak Point Acres 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 5,830 miles [9,382.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,411 miles [7,098.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Point Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Oak Point Acres 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 Point Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0993, Longitude: -75.6613 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Point Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.067 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.536 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.058 degrees. |
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