Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Royal Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Royal Grant and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Royal Grant

• 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 Royal Grant:
  • 39.112335, -75.525757
  • 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 Royal Grant

• 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 Royal Grant is near Sussex County and also Caroline County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex 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 Royal Grant

Curious and Interesting Names Near Royal Grant ...

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.

• Candlewicke
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Candlewicke is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewicke
• Crossgates
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Crossgates is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossgates
• Eagles Nest
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Eagles Nest is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
• Forest Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Forest Landing is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Landing
• Greenview
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Greenview is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenview
• Meadow Glen
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Meadow Glen is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Glen
• Pleasant Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
• Rising Sun
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Rising Sun is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
• Shady Lane
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Shady Lane is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Lane
• Star Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Star Hill is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill
• Star Hill Village
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Star Hill Village is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Hill Village
• Wyoming
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Wyoming is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,657 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyoming <1>
• Wyoming Mills
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Wyoming Mills is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Mills

How Far From Royal Grant 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 Royal Grant to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies just to the North.
• Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies just to the north (N).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Royal Grant 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 5,824 miles [9,372.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,526 miles [10,502.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,404 miles [7,087.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'