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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 Wilmington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilmington 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 Wilmington:
- 39.736928, -75.542647
- 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 Wilmington
- 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 Wilmington is near Salem County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Salem County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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 Wilmington
Communities Also Named Wilmington ...
We found seventeen communities that are also named Wilmington.
Within Delaware, the name Wilmington is unique.
Beyond Delaware, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Walker 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 Alabama community of Wilmington [Walker County].
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Wilmington is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,376 miles [3,823.8 km]<2> to the west of the Wilmington that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Wilmington.
- Georgia
- Chatham County
- This Wilmington is located in Chatham County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Wilmington that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Wilmington.
- Illinois
- Greene County
- This Wilmington is located in Greene County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<2> to the west of the Wilmington that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Wilmington.
- Will County
- This Wilmington is located in Will County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km] to the west northwest of the Wilmington that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Wilmington.
- Indiana
- Dearborn County
- This Wilmington is located in Dearborn County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<2> to the west of the Wilmington that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dearborn County community of Wilmington.
- Kansas
- Wabaunsee County
- This Wilmington is located in Wabaunsee County and lies 1,091 miles [1,755.8 km]<2> to the west of the Wilmington that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabaunsee County community of Wilmington.
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- This Wilmington is located in Middlesex County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Wilmington that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Wilmington.
- Minnesota
- Houston County
- This Wilmington is located in Houston County and lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Wilmington that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Wilmington.
- New York
- Essex County
- This Wilmington is located in Essex County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Wilmington that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Wilmington.
- North Carolina
- New Hanover County
- This Wilmington is located in New Hanover County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Wilmington that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Wilmington.
- Ohio
- Clinton County
- This Wilmington is located in Clinton County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<2> to the west of the Wilmington that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Wilmington.
- Holmes County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Holmes County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Holmes County community of Wilmington.
- Tuscarawas County
- This community is historic and although located in Tuscarawas County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Wilmington.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Wilmington is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,902 miles [3,061 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Wilmington that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Wilmington.
- Vermont
- Windham County
- This Wilmington is located in Windham County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Wilmington that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Wilmington.
- Virginia
- Fluvanna County
- This Wilmington is located in Fluvanna County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Wilmington that is located in New Castle County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fluvanna County community of Wilmington.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilmington ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blue Ball is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ball
- Boxwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Boxwood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxwood
- Buttonwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Buttonwood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
- Delaware Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Delaware Junction is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Junction
- Fern Hook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fern Hook is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hook
- Forest Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Forest Park is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Galewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Galewood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galewood
- Gordon Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon Heights is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
- Green Meadow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Meadow is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
- Greenville Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenville Place is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Place
- Gristmill Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gristmill Woods is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gristmill Woods
- Gumwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gumwood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumwood
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Hazeldell
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hazeldell is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
- Henry Clay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Henry Clay is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Clay
- High Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- High Point is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hillcrest is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Keystone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Keystone is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Liberty
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Liftwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Liftwood is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liftwood
- Masonicville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Masonicville is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonicville
- Overview Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Overview Gardens is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview Gardens
- Pennyhill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pennyhill is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennyhill
- Rockwood Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rockwood Hills is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Hills
- Rockwood Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rockwood Woods is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Woods
- Rogers Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rogers Corners is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Corners
- Rose Hill Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill Gardens is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Gardens
- Rosegate
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rosegate is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosegate
- Silver Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Springs is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Stonehaven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stonehaven is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehaven
- Twin Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Twin Oaks is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Willow Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Willow Run is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Run
- Woodland Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodland Park is located in New Castle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
How Far From Wilmington 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 city such as Wilmington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilmington and extending to:
- Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Wilmington to Dover, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over 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 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 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,381 miles [7,050.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wilmington 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wilmington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wilmington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Wilmington 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 Wilmington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7369, Longitude: -75.5426 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.946 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.498 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.746 degrees. |
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