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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 Deepwater, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deepwater 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 Deepwater:
    • 39.683447, -75.490475
    • 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 Deepwater
  • 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 Deepwater 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 Deepwater

Communities Also Named Deepwater ...

We found two communities that are also named Deepwater.

Within New Jersey, the name Deepwater is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Henry County
      • This Deepwater is located in Henry County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<1> to the west of the Deepwater that is located in Salem County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Deepwater.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Deepwater [Harris County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Deepwater ...

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 south)
    • Beaver Dam is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
  • Buttonwood
    (3 miles [4.8 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 southwest)
    • Churchtown is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
  • Courses Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Courses Landing is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courses Landing
  • Danceys Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Danceys Corner is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danceys Corner
  • Fern Hook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Fern Hook is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hook
  • Friendship Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Friendship Station is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Station
  • Golf View
    (Less than 2 miles 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
  • Marshalltown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Marshalltown is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalltown
  • Overview Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Overview Gardens is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overview Gardens
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • 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 Deepwater 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 Deepwater to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Salem, which is the Seat of Salem County, lies just to the South.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Deepwater to Trenton, with an average speed<3> 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 98 miles [157.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,799 miles [9,332.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,381 miles [7,050.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Deepwater) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Deepwater 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.
<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 Deepwater 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 Deepwater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6834, Longitude: -75.4905       In this case, the coordinates for Deepwater have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.92 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.46 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.746 degrees.