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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 White Horse Farm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Horse 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 White Horse Farm:
- 38.691779, -75.252966
- 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 White Horse 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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Since White Horse Farm is near Kent County and also Worcester 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 Worcester 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 White Horse Farm
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Horse 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.
- Arabian Acres
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arabian Acres is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabian Acres
- Cool Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cool Spring is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
- Deerwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deerwood is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwood
- Edgewater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewater is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Fisher Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fisher Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Landing
- Gravel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Holiday Pines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holiday Pines is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Pines
- Indian Mission
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Indian Mission is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mission
- Jimtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jimtown is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Lazy Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lazy Lake is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Lake
- Mallard Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mallard Point is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Point
- Marshtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marshtown is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshtown
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Mount Joy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Joy is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
- Pine Water Farm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Water Farm is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Water Farm
- Pinetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pinetown is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetown
- Robinsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Robinsonville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
- Sea Spray Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sea Spray Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Spray Village
- Shady Rest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shady Rest Park is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Rest Park
- Woods Edge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woods Edge is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Edge
How Far From White Horse Farm to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as White Horse Farm to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in White Horse Farm and extending to:
- Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies just to the West.
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from White Horse Farm to Dover, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 97 miles [156.1 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 three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,830 miles [9,382.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,408 miles [7,094 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- White Horse Farm) 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 White Horse 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 White Horse Farm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6918, Longitude: -75.2530 In this case, the coordinates for White Horse Farm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.861 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.238 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.055 degrees. |
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