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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 Stuyvesant Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stuyvesant Hills 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 Stuyvesant Hills:
- 39.775112, -75.666875
- 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 Stuyvesant Hills
- 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 Stuyvesant Hills 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 Stuyvesant Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stuyvesant Hills ...
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.
- Brackenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Brackenville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackenville
- Brackenville Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brackenville Woods is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackenville Woods
- Cedars
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedars is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
- Cedars Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedars Knoll is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars Knoll
- Charter Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Charter Oaks is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oaks
- Coffee Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Coffee Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Run
- Cornish Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cornish Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Hills
- Cricket Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cricket Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Hill
- Fox Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Meadow is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
- Greenbank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbank is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbank
- Heather Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Heather Valley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Valley
- Hickory Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hickory Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Continue List (28 more) ...
- Hickory Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hickory Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Highland Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Highland Meadows is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
- Holly Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Knoll is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Knoll
- Horseshoe Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Horseshoe Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Hill
- Iron Gates
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Iron Gates is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
- Limestone Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Limestone Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Hills
- Loveville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Loveville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveville
- Manley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Manley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
- Meeting House Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Meeting House Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Hill
- Meeting House Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Meeting House Meadows is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Meadows
- Mermaid
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mermaid is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid
- Mermaid Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mermaid Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid Run
- Mockingbird Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mockingbird Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hill
- Mockingbird Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mockingbird Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockingbird Hills
- Mount Cuba
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba
- Quail Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Quail Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Quaker Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hill
- Rolling Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rolling Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Ridge
- Skyline Orchard
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Skyline Orchard is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Orchard
- Snug Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Snug Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Hill
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stony Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Crest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Crest
- Swallow Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Swallow Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallow Hill
- Tree Top Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tree Top Valley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Top Valley
- Vintage Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vintage Village is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village
- Walnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Walnut Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
- Winterbury
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Winterbury is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterbury
How Far From Stuyvesant Hills 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 Stuyvesant Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Stuyvesant Hills 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 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Stuyvesant Hills to Dover, with an average speed<2> 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 94 miles [151.3 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 most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,802 miles [9,337.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,508 miles [10,473.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,385 miles [7,057 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Stuyvesant Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Stuyvesant Hills 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 Stuyvesant Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7751, Longitude: -75.6669 In this case, the coordinates for Stuyvesant Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.016 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.584 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.783 degrees. |
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