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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 Silverbrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Silverbrook 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 Silverbrook:
- 39.754557, -75.597981
- 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 Silverbrook
- 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 Silverbrook is near Chester County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Silverbrook
Communities Also Named Silverbrook ...
We found two communities that are also named Silverbrook.
Within Delaware, the name Silverbrook is unique.
Beyond Delaware, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Silverbrook.
- Pennsylvania
- Schuylkill 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 Pennsylvania community of Silverbrook [Schuylkill County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Silverbrook ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Boxwood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxwood
- Cedars
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedars is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
- Cedars Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cedars Knoll is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars Knoll
- Delaware Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware Junction is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Junction
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Forest Park is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Greenbank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbank is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbank
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenville Place
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenville Place is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Place
- Henry Clay
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Henry Clay is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Clay
- Keystone
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Keystone is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Liberty
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Masonicville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Masonicville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonicville
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Prices Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Prices Corner is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Corner
- Silver Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Silver Springs is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Spring Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stony Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stony Crest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Crest
- Tuxedo Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tuxedo Park is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Park
- Willow Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Willow Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run
- Woodland Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Woodland Park is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Silverbrook 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 Silverbrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Silverbrook and extending to:
- Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 41 miles [66 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Silverbrook to Dover, with an average speed<4> 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 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,383 miles [7,053.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 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 Silverbrook 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Silverbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Silverbrook 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 Silverbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7546, Longitude: -75.5980 In this case, the coordinates for Silverbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.977 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.537 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.762 degrees. |
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