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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 Rose Hill Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rose Hill Gardens 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 Rose Hill Gardens:
    • 39.707057, -75.553534
    • 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 Rose Hill Gardens
  • 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 Rose Hill Gardens 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 Rose Hill Gardens

Communities Also Named Rose Hill Gardens ...

We found one communities that are also named Rose Hill Gardens.

Within Delaware, the name Rose Hill Gardens is unique.

Beyond Delaware, there is another community also named Rose Hill Gardens in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Vigo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Rose Hill Gardens [Vigo County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rose Hill Gardens ...

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.

  • Boxwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Boxwood is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxwood
  • Buttonwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Buttonwood is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
  • Churchtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Churchtown is located in Salem County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
  • Deepwater
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Deepwater is located in Salem County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deepwater
  • Delaware Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Delaware Junction is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Junction
  • Dobbinsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Dobbinsville is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbinsville
  • Fern Hook
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Fern Hook is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hook
  • Forest Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest Park is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Hares Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hares Corner is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hares Corner
  • Hazeldell
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Hazeldell is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
  • Keystone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Keystone is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • Liberty
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty is located in New Castle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Manor Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Manor Park is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Park
    • Masonicville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Masonicville is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonicville
    • Overview Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Overview Gardens is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview Gardens
    • Pleasant Hills
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Hills is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
    • Rogers Corners
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Rogers Corners is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Corners
    • Rosegate
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Rosegate is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosegate
    • Silver Springs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver Springs is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
    • Tuxedo Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Tuxedo Park is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Park
    • Willow Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Willow Run is located in New Castle County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run

How Far From Rose Hill Gardens 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 Rose Hill Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rose Hill Gardens and extending to:

  • Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Rose Hill Gardens to Dover, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 96 miles [154.5 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,801 miles [9,335.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,506 miles [10,470.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,382 miles [7,052.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Rose Hill Gardens 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rose Hill Gardens) 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 Rose Hill Gardens 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 Rose Hill Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7071, Longitude: -75.5535       In this case, the coordinates for Rose Hill Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.955 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.504 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.763 degrees.