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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 Woodcrest Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodcrest Estates and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Woodcrest Estates:
    • 38.603170, -75.434642
    • 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 Woodcrest Estates
  • 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 Woodcrest Estates is near Wicomico County and also Worcester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wicomico 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 Woodcrest Estates

Communities Also Named Woodcrest Estates ...

We found one communities that are also named Woodcrest Estates.

Within Delaware, the name Woodcrest Estates is unique.

Beyond Delaware, there is another community also named Woodcrest Estates in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Woodcrest Estates is located in Montgomery County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Woodcrest Estates that is located in Sussex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Woodcrest Estates.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodcrest Estates ...

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.

  • Bryans Store
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bryans Store is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Store
  • Cross Keys
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cross Keys is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
  • Flea Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Flea Hill is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flea Hill
  • Gum Crossroads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gum Crossroads is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Crossroads
  • Hardscrabble
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hardscrabble is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
  • Jones Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jones Crossroads is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
  • Midnight Thicket
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Midnight Thicket is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midnight Thicket
  • Mission
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mission is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
  • Pepper
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pepper is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper
  • Piney Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Piney Grove is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
  • Shortly
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Shortly is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shortly
  • Wood Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wood Branch is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Branch

How Far From Woodcrest Estates to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Woodcrest Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodcrest Estates and extending to:

  • Georgetown, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Woodcrest Estates to Dover, with an average speed<2> 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 88 miles [141.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,841 miles [9,400.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,420 miles [7,113.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 from Point A (ie- Woodcrest Estates) 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 Woodcrest Estates 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 Woodcrest Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6032, Longitude: -75.4346       In this case, the coordinates for Woodcrest Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.973 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.352 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.165 degrees.