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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 Thatchers Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thatchers Landing 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 Thatchers Landing:
- 38.556502, -75.201853
- 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 Thatchers Landing
- 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 Thatchers Landing is near Worcester County and also Wicomico County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Worcester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico 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 Thatchers Landing
Communities Also Named Thatchers Landing ...
We found one communities that are also named Thatchers Landing.
Within Delaware, the name Thatchers Landing is unique.
Beyond Delaware, there is another community also named Thatchers Landing in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Thatchers Landing #
- 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 Tennessee community of Thatchers Landing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thatchers Landing ...
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.
- Bullseye
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bullseye is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullseye
- Clarksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Clarksville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Ferry Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ferry Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Landing
- Gull Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gull Point is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gull Point
- Helms Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Helms Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helms Landing
- Holly Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holly Forest is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Forest
- Indiantown Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Indiantown Farms is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown Farms
- Irons Lane Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Irons Lane Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irons Lane Landing
- Israel Haul
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Israel Haul is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Israel Haul
- Land of Pleasant Living
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prince George Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Prince George Acres is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince George Acres
- River Breeze
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- River Breeze is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Breeze
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Sandy Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sandy Beach is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Beach
- Sandy Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sandy Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Landing
- Trinity
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Trinity is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
How Far From Thatchers Landing 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 Thatchers Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Thatchers Landing and extending to:
- Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Thatchers Landing to Georgetown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 45 miles [72.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 101 miles [162.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,833 miles [9,387.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,532 miles [10,512.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,411 miles [7,098.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Thatchers Landing 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 from Point A (ie- Thatchers Landing) 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 Thatchers Landing 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 Thatchers Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.5565, Longitude: -75.2019 In this case, the coordinates for Thatchers Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.842 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.196 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.089 degrees. |
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