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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 Friendship Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Friendship Station 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 Friendship Station:
    • 39.734280, -75.458806
    • 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 Friendship Station
  • 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 Friendship Station 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 Friendship Station

Curious and Interesting Names Near Friendship Station ...

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.

  • Danceys Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Danceys Corner is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danceys Corner
  • Deepwater
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Deepwater is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deepwater
  • Five Points
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Five Points is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Golf View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Golf View is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View
  • Gordon Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gordon Heights is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
  • Green Acres
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Acres is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Green Meadow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Meadow is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
  • Greenmount
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Greenmount is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount
  • Greenshire
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Greenshire is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenshire
  • Gristmill Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gristmill Woods is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gristmill Woods
  • Grubbs Landing ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Grubbs Landing is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubbs Landing
  • Gumwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gumwood is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumwood
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...
    • Hazeldell
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Hazeldell is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
    • High Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • High Point is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • Hillcrest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hillcrest is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
    • Hillendale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Hillendale is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillendale
    • Holly Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Holly Hills is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hills
    • Holly Oak
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Holly Oak is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oak
    • Jumbo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jumbo is located in Salem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
    • Liftwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Liftwood is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liftwood
    • Lynnfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lynnfield is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnfield
    • Oldmans
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Oldmans is located in Salem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldmans
    • Pennyhill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pennyhill is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennyhill
    • Quarryville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Quarryville is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
    • Rockwood Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockwood Hills is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Hills
    • Rockwood Woods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockwood Woods is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood Woods
    • Rogers Corners
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Rogers Corners is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Corners
    • Rolling Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Rolling Park is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Park
    • Rosegate
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Rosegate is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosegate
    • Silverside
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Silverside is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverside
    • Stockdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Stockdale is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockdale
    • Stonehaven
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Stonehaven is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehaven
    • Windy Bush
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Windy Bush is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Bush
    • Woodside Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodside Hills is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside Hills

How Far From Friendship Station 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 Friendship Station to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Friendship Station and extending to:

  • Salem, which is the Seat of Salem County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Friendship Station to Salem, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 102 miles [164.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving 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 5,795 miles [9,326.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,377 miles [7,044.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Friendship Station) 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 Friendship Station 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 Friendship Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7343, Longitude: -75.4588       In this case, the coordinates for Friendship Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.897 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.442 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.712 degrees.