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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 Rolling Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rolling Park 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 Rolling Park:
    • 39.787613, -75.470474
    • 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 Rolling Park
  • 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 Rolling Park is near Salem County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Salem County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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 Rolling Park

Communities Also Named Rolling Park ...

We found three communities that are also named Rolling Park.

Within Delaware, the name Rolling Park is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Rolling Park is located in Baltimore County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rolling Park that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Rolling Park.
    • North Carolina
      • Davidson County
      • This Rolling Park is located in Davidson County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rolling Park that is located in New Castle County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Rolling Park.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Rolling Park [Delaware County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rolling Park ...

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.

  • Boulder Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Boulder Brook is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Brook
  • Carpenter
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Carpenter is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
  • Cedartree
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedartree is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedartree
  • Galewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Galewood is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
  • Gordon Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gordon Heights is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
  • Green Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Green Acres is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Green Meadow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Green Meadow is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
  • Greenmount
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Greenmount is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount
  • Greenshire
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Greenshire is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenshire
  • Greentree
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Greentree is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree
  • Gristmill Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Gristmill Woods is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gristmill Woods
  • Grubbs Landing ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Grubbs Landing is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs Landing
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Gumwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Gumwood is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumwood
    • Heatherbrooke
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Heatherbrooke is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherbrooke
    • High Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • High Point is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • Hillcrest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hillcrest is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
    • Hillendale
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Hillendale is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale
    • Holiday Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Holiday Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
    • Holly Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Holly Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
    • Holly Oak
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Holly Oak is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oak
    • Indian Field
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Indian Field is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Field
    • Kings Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kings Ridge is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ridge
    • Liftwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Liftwood is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liftwood
    • Log Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Log Run is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Run
    • Longview Farms
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Longview Farms is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Farms
    • Lynnfield
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Lynnfield is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield
    • Maplechase
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Maplechase is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplechase
    • Pennyhill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Pennyhill is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennyhill
    • Quarryville
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Quarryville is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
    • Riverview Gardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Riverview Gardens is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Gardens
    • Silverside
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Silverside is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverside
    • Stockdale
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Stockdale is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
    • Stonehaven
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Stonehaven is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehaven
    • Valley Run
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Valley Run is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Run
    • Windy Bush
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Windy Bush is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Bush
    • Woodside Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Woodside Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Hills
    • Woodstream Gardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Woodstream Gardens is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstream Gardens

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

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

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Rolling Park to Dover, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 103 miles [165.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,794 miles [9,324.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,499 miles [10,459.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,376 miles [7,042.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rolling Park) 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 Rolling Park 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 Rolling Park 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 Rolling Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7876, Longitude: -75.4705       In this case, the coordinates for Rolling Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.899 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.453 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.694 degrees.