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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 Persimmon Park Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Persimmon Park Place 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 Persimmon Park Place:
- 39.190800, -75.516900
- 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 Persimmon Park Place
- 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 Persimmon Park Place is near New Castle County and also Caroline 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 Caroline 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 Persimmon Park Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Persimmon Park Place ...
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.
- Bishops Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bishops Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Corner
- Cedar Chase
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cedar Chase is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Chase
- Chestnut Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestnut Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Grove
- Cowgills Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cowgills Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowgills Corner
- Crossgates
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crossgates is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgates
- Dover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Four Seasons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Four Seasons is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Fox Hall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Hall is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hall
- Greens of Dover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greens of Dover is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens of Dover
- Heatherfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Heatherfield is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherfield
- Hoars Addition
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hoars Addition is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoars Addition
- Hughes Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hughes Crossing is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Crossing
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Hunters Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hunters Point is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Point
- Independence Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Mallard Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mallard Pond is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Pond
- Oak Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oak Shadows
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oak Shadows is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shadows
- Presidential Courts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Presidential Courts is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presidential Courts
- Schoolview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Schoolview is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoolview
How Far From Persimmon Park Place to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Persimmon Park Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Persimmon Park Place and extending to:
- Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the South.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Persimmon Park Place 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 5,820 miles [9,366.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,401 miles [7,082.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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- Persimmon Park Place) 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 Persimmon Park Place 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 Persimmon Park Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1908, Longitude: -75.5169 In this case, the coordinates for Persimmon Park Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.976 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.446 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.961 degrees. |
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