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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 West Farm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Farm 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 West Farm:
- 39.787612, -75.602427
- 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 West Farm
- 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 West Farm 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 West Farm
Communities Also Named West Farm ...
We found two communities that are also named West Farm.
Within Delaware, the name West Farm is unique.
Beyond Delaware, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Prowers County
- This West Farm is located in Prowers County and lies 1,446 miles [2,327.1 km]<1> to the west of the West Farm that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prowers County community of West Farm.
- Florida
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of West Farm [Madison County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Farm ...
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.
- Blue Ball
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Ball is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball
- Brackenville Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brackenville Woods is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackenville Woods
- Cedars
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedars is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
- Cedars Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cedars Knoll is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars Knoll
- Coffee Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coffee Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Run
- Delaware Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Delaware Heights is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Heights
- Edenridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Edenridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenridge
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Park is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Greenbank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbank is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbank
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenville Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenville Place is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Place
- Henry Clay
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Henry Clay is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Clay
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Highland Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Highland Meadows is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
- Horseshoe Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Horseshoe Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Hill
- Longwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Longwood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Loveville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Loveville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveville
- Mount Cuba
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Cuba is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cuba
- Owls Nest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Owls Nest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Nest
- Prices Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Prices Corner is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Corner
- Rockland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Silver Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Silver Springs is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Skyline Orchard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Skyline Orchard is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Orchard
- Snug Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Snug Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Hill
- Spring Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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 south)
- Stony Crest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Crest
- Swallow Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Swallow Hill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallow Hill
- Twin Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Twin Oaks is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Walnut Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Walnut Ridge is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
- Willow Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Willow Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run
- Winterbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Winterbury is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterbury
- Woodland Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Woodland Park is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From West Farm 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 West Farm to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in West Farm and extending to:
- Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Castle County, lies just to the 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 West Farm to Dover, with an average speed<4> 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 98 miles [157.7 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,799 miles [9,332.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,382 miles [7,052.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Farm) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 West Farm 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 West Farm 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 West Farm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7876, Longitude: -75.6024 In this case, the coordinates for West Farm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.977 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.542 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.751 degrees. |
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