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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 Windsor Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Windsor Village 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 Windsor Village:
    • 39.614834, -75.823271
    • 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 Windsor Village
  • 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 Windsor Village is near New Castle County and also Chester 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 Chester 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 Windsor Village

Communities Also Named Windsor Village ...

We found one communities that are also named Windsor Village.

Within Maryland, the name Windsor Village is unique.

Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Windsor Village in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Marion 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 Indiana community of Windsor Village [Marion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Windsor Village ...

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.

  • Bacon Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Bacon Hill is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hill
  • Bank ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Bank is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank
  • Boot Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Boot Hill is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boot Hill
  • Cherry Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherry Hill is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Cherry Wood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherry Wood is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Wood
  • Childs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Childs is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
  • College Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • College Park is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Cottage Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cottage Mill is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Mill
  • Elk
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Elk is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
  • Elk Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Elk Haven is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Haven
  • Elk Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Elkmore
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Elkmore is located in Cecil County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmore
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Everbreeze
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Everbreeze is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everbreeze
    • Forest Green Court
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Forest Green Court is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green Court
    • Forest View Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Forest View Village is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest View Village
    • Foxfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Foxfield is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfield
    • Glasgow
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Glasgow is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
    • Heritage Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Heritage Valley is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Valley
    • Heritage Woods
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Heritage Woods is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Woods
    • Hunting Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Hunting Hills is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills
    • Iron Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Iron Hill is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Hill
    • Little Elkton
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Little Elkton is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elkton
    • Mariners Cove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mariners Cove is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Cove
    • Marley Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Marley Village is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marley Village
    • Meadowview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Meadowview is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
    • Melody Meadows
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Melody Meadows is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Meadows
    • Stones Throw
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Stones Throw is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Throw
    • Summit View
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Summit View is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit View
    • Sycamore Farms
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Sycamore Farms is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Farms
    • Turn Quist
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Turn Quist is located in Cecil County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turn Quist

How Far From Windsor Village 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 Windsor Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Windsor Village and extending to:

  • Elkton, which is the Seat of Cecil County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Windsor Village to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 81 miles [130.4 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 most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,816 miles [9,359.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,398 miles [7,077.9 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 Windsor Village 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Windsor Village) 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 Windsor Village 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 Windsor Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6148, Longitude: -75.8233       In this case, the coordinates for Windsor Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.122 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.679 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.916 degrees.