Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Pine Tree Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Tree Corners and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Pine Tree Corners

• 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 Pine Tree Corners:
  • 39.407334, -75.661318
  • 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 Pine Tree Corners

• 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 Pine Tree Corners is near Cecil County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Pine Tree Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Tree Corners ...

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.

• Blackbird
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Blackbird is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
• Blackbird Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Blackbird Landing is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird Landing
• Evergreen Farms
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Evergreen Farms is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Farms
• Forest
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Forest is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
• Gander Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Gander Hill is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gander Hill
• Meadow Vista
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Meadow Vista is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Vista
• Point Breeze
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Point Breeze is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
• Sycamore Farms
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Sycamore Farms is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Farms
• Tent
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Tent is located in New Castle County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tent

How Far From Pine Tree Corners 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 Pine Tree Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Pine Tree Corners and extending to:

• Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Tree Corners to Wilmington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 81 miles [130.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,818 miles [9,363.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,399 miles [7,079.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'