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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 Sharpley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sharpley 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 Sharpley:
- 39.800112, -75.555202
- 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 Sharpley
- 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 Sharpley is near Delaware County and also Chester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester 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 Sharpley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sharpley ...
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.
- Beaver Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beaver Valley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
- Blue Ball
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Blue Ball is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball
- Boulder Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Boulder Brook is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Brook
- Brandywood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brandywood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywood
- Edenridge
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Edenridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenridge
- Galewood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Galewood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
- Green Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Meadow is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
- Greenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville Place is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Place
- Gristmill Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gristmill Woods is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gristmill Woods
- Gumwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gumwood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumwood
- Heatherbrooke
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Heatherbrooke is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherbrooke
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Henry Clay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Henry Clay is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Clay
- Holiday Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Liftwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Liftwood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liftwood
- Longwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Longwood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Lynnfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lynnfield is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield
- Rockland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rockwood Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Hills
- Rockwood Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood Woods is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Woods
- Twin Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Twin Oaks is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
How Far From Sharpley 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 Sharpley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sharpley and extending to:
- Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the South.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Sharpley 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 100 miles [160.9 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 5,797 miles [9,329.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,502 miles [10,464 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,379 miles [7,047.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sharpley) 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 Sharpley 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 Sharpley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8001, Longitude: -75.5552 In this case, the coordinates for Sharpley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.948 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.511 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.725 degrees. |
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