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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 Golts, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Golts 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 Golts:
- 39.336778, -75.774656
- 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 Golts
- 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 Kent County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent County
- Since Golts is near New Castle County and also Kent County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Castle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kent 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 Golts
Curious and Interesting Names Near Golts ...
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.
- Blackbird
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Cash Corner ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cash Corner is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
- Dogwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Galena
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Green Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Green Spring is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring
- Gregg Neck
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gregg Neck is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
- Irelands Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Irelands Corner is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irelands Corner
- Meadow Vista
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Vista is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Vista
- Peacock Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Peacock Corners is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock Corners
- Plantation Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plantation Crossing is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Crossing
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pleasant Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Cove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Cove
- Point Breeze
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Point Breeze is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
- Rivers Edge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rivers Edge is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers Edge
- Sassafras
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafras is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Twin Eagle Farms
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Eagle Farms is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Eagle Farms
How Far From Golts 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 Golts to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Golts and extending to:
- Chestertown, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Golts to Chestertown, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 45 miles [72.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 74 miles [119.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,825 miles [9,374.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,407 miles [7,092.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Golts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Golts 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 Golts. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3368, Longitude: -75.7747 In this case, the coordinates for Golts have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.115 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.628 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.009 degrees. |
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