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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 Sussex Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sussex Woods 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 Sussex Woods:
- 38.836224, -75.438809
- 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 Sussex Woods
- 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 Sussex Woods is near Kent County and also Caroline 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 Caroline 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 Sussex Woods
Communities Also Named Sussex Woods ...
We found one communities that are also named Sussex Woods.
Within Delaware, the name Sussex Woods is unique.
Beyond Delaware, there is another community also named Sussex Woods in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Lake 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 Indiana community of Sussex Woods [Lake County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sussex Woods ...
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.
- Ellendale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Federalsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Federalsburg is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federalsburg
- Freeman Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Freeman Corner is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Corner
- Greentop
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greentop is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentop
- Holly Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Holly Hill is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
- Lincoln
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Robbins
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Robbins is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins
- Stanley Manor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stanley Manor is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Manor
How Far From Sussex Woods 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 Sussex Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sussex Woods and extending to:
- Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sussex Woods to Georgetown, 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 22 miles [35.4 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 85 miles [136.8 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 5 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,832 miles [9,385.7 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Sussex Woods 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- Sussex Woods) 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 Sussex Woods 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 Sussex Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8362, Longitude: -75.4388 In this case, the coordinates for Sussex Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.958 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.371 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.073 degrees. |
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