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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Slaughter 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 Slaughter:
    • 39.159556, -75.714931
    • 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
  • 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 Slaughter is near Caroline County and also Queen Anne's County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Queen Anne's 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

Communities Also Named Slaughter ...

We found six communities that are also named Slaughter.

Within Delaware, the name Slaughter is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Pasco 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 Florida community of Slaughter [Pasco County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Feliciana Parish
      • This Slaughter is located in East Feliciana Parish and lies 1,047 miles [1,685 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Slaughter that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Feliciana Parish community of Slaughter.
    • North Dakota
      • Burleigh 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 North Dakota community of Slaughter [Burleigh County].
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Slaughter [Sullivan County].
    • Virginia
      • Nelson 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 Virginia community of Slaughter [Nelson County].
    • Washington
      • King 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 Washington community of Slaughter [King County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Slaughter ...

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.

  • Bolton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bolton is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
  • Chapeltown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Chapeltown is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
  • Downs Chapel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Downs Chapel is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Chapel
  • Everetts Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Everetts Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everetts Corner
  • Fords Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Fords Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Corner
  • Forest Gate
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Forest Gate is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Gate
  • Hourglass
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hourglass is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hourglass
  • Kane Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kane Crossroads is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane Crossroads
  • Meadow Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Meadow Ridge is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Ridge
  • Peters Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Peters Corners is located in Queen Anne's County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Corners
  • Shorts Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Shorts Corner is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorts Corner
  • Templeville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Templeville is located in Caroline County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
  • Whigville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Whigville is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whigville

How Far From Slaughter to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Slaughter to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Slaughter and extending to:

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Slaughter to Dover, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 10 miles [16.1 km] to the east (E). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 73 miles [117.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,830 miles [9,382.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,411 miles [7,098.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 Slaughter 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Slaughter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Slaughter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Slaughter 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1596, Longitude: -75.7149       In this case, the coordinates for Slaughter have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.094 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.576 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.056 degrees.