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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 Vintage Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vintage Village 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 Vintage Village:
- 39.788444, -75.706601
- 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 Vintage Village
- 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 Vintage Village is near Chester County and also Cecil 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 Cecil 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 Vintage Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vintage Village ...
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 southeast)
- Brackenville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackenville
- Charter Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Charter Oaks is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oaks
- Cornish Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cornish Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Hills
- Cricket Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cricket Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Hill
- Fox Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fox Meadow is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
- Hickory Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hickory Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Highland Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Highland Meadows is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
- Holly Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Holly Knoll is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Knoll
- Iron Gates
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Iron Gates is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
- Little Baltimore
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Little Baltimore is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Baltimore
- Manley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Manley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
- Meeting House Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meeting House Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Hill
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Meeting House Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Meeting House Meadows is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Meadows
- Quaker Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Quaker Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hill
- Snug Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Snug Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Hill
- Tree Top Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tree Top Valley is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Top Valley
- Walnut Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Walnut Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
How Far From Vintage Village 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 Vintage Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Vintage Village and extending to:
- Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Vintage Village to Wilmington, with an average speed<2> 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 44 miles [70.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 93 miles [149.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving 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 5,804 miles [9,340.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,509 miles [10,475.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,386 miles [7,058.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Vintage Village) 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 Vintage Village 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 Vintage Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7884, Longitude: -75.7066 In this case, the coordinates for Vintage Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.039 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.611 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.795 degrees. |
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