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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 Crawford Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crawford Acres 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 Crawford Acres:
- 39.406502, -75.882995
- 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 Crawford Acres
- 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 Cecil County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cecil County
- Since Crawford Acres is near Kent County and also New Castle 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 New Castle 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 Crawford Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crawford Acres ...
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.
- Cash Corner ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cash Corner is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Dogwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Earleville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Galena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gregg Neck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gregg Neck is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
- Honeysuckle Knoll
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Honeysuckle Knoll is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeysuckle Knoll
- John Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- John Town is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Town
- Pleasant Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Cove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Cove
- Sassafras
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sassafras is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Scotchmans Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Scotchmans Glen is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchmans Glen
How Far From Crawford Acres 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 Crawford Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Crawford Acres once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Crawford Acres and extending to:
- Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Crawford Acres to Elkton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 71 miles [114.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,827 miles [9,377.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,531 miles [10,510.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,409 miles [7,095.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Crawford Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Crawford Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Crawford Acres 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 Crawford Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4065, Longitude: -75.8830 In this case, the coordinates for Crawford Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.174 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.705 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.026 degrees. |
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