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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 Slaughter Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Slaughter Beach 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 Slaughter Beach:
- 38.912619, -75.304561
- 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 Slaughter Beach
- 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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Since Slaughter Beach is near Kent County and also Cape May County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cape May 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 Slaughter Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Slaughter Beach ...
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.
- Chestnut Knoll
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Chestnut Knoll is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Knoll
- Dogwood Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dogwood Meadows is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Meadows
- Drawbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Drawbridge is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawbridge
- Federalsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Federalsburg is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federalsburg
- Freeman Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Freeman Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Corner
- Greentop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greentop is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentop
- Hazzard Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hazzard Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazzard Landing
- Holly Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Hill is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
- Hummingbird Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hummingbird Hills is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hummingbird Hills
- Knotts Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Knotts Landing is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knotts Landing
- Lincoln
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Lynch Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lynch Heights is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Heights
- Primehook Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Primehook Beach is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primehook Beach
- Robertson Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Robertson Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Landing
- Stanley Manor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stanley Manor is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Manor
- Steamboat Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Steamboat Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Landing
- Wiltbank Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wiltbank Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiltbank Landing
- Woods Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Slaughter Beach 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 town such as Slaughter Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Slaughter Beach and extending to:
- Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Slaughter Beach to Georgetown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 93 miles [149.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,823 miles [9,371.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,524 miles [10,499.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,402 miles [7,084.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Slaughter Beach) 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 Slaughter Beach 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 Slaughter Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9126, Longitude: -75.3046 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.874 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.287 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.986 degrees. |
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