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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 Church Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Church Landing 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 Church Landing:
- 39.675947, -75.510754
- 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 Church Landing
- 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 Salem County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Salem County
- Since Church Landing is near New Castle County and also Gloucester 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 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 Church Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Church Landing ...
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.
- Beaver Dam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Buttonwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Buttonwood is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttonwood
- Churchtown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Churchtown is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Danceys Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Danceys Corner is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danceys Corner
- Deepwater
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Deepwater is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deepwater
- Delaware Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Delaware Junction is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Junction
- Dobbinsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dobbinsville is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbinsville
- Fern Hook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fern Hook is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hook
- Friendship Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship Station is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Station
- Golf View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Golf View is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View
- Hazeldell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hazeldell is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
- Mahoneyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mahoneyville is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoneyville
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Manor Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Manor Park is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Park
- Marshalltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marshalltown is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalltown
- Overview Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Overview Gardens is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview Gardens
- Rogers Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Corners is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Corners
- Rose Hill Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Gardens is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Gardens
- Rosegate
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosegate is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosegate
- Slapes Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slapes Corner is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapes Corner
How Far From Church Landing 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 community such as Church Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Church Landing and extending to:
- Salem, which is the Seat of Salem County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Church Landing to Trenton, with an average speed<2> 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 97 miles [156.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,382 miles [7,052.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Church Landing) 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 Church Landing 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 Church Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6759, Longitude: -75.5108 In this case, the coordinates for Church Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.932 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.473 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.758 degrees. |
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