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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 New Garden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Garden 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 New Garden:
    • 39.815398, -75.752203
    • 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 New Garden
  • 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 Chester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chester County
    • Since New Garden is near New Castle County and also Cecil 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 Cecil 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 New Garden

Communities Also Named New Garden ...

We found four communities that are also named New Garden.

Within Pennsylvania, the name New Garden is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Ray County
      • This New Garden is located in Ray County and lies 978 miles [1,573.9 km]<1> to the west of the New Garden that is located in Chester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ray County community of New Garden.
    • North Carolina
      • Guilford 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 North Carolina community of New Garden [Guilford County].
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana County
      • This New Garden is located in Columbiana County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Garden that is located in Chester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of New Garden.
    • Virginia
      • Russell 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 Virginia community of New Garden [Russell County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Garden ...

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.

  • Brackenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Brackenville is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brackenville
  • Charter Oaks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Charter Oaks is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oaks
  • Corner Ketch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Corner Ketch is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Ketch
  • Cornish Hills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cornish Hills is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish Hills
  • Cricket Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cricket Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cricket Hill
  • Five Points
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Five Points is located in Chester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Fox Meadow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Fox Meadow is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
  • Great Good Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Great Good Place is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Good Place
  • Hickory Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hickory Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Highland Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland Meadows is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Meadows
  • Hillstream
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hillstream is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillstream
  • Holly Knoll
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly Knoll is located in New Castle County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Knoll
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Horseshoe Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Horseshoe Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Hill
    • Iron Gates
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Iron Gates is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gates
    • Little Baltimore
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Little Baltimore is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Baltimore
    • Manley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Manley is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
    • Meadowbrook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Meadowbrook is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Meeting House Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Meeting House Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Hill
    • Meeting House Meadows
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Meeting House Meadows is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting House Meadows
    • Quaker Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Quaker Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hill
    • Skyline Orchard
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Skyline Orchard is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Orchard
    • Snug Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Snug Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Hill
    • Stirrup Farms
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Stirrup Farms is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrup Farms
    • Tree Top Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tree Top Valley is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Top Valley
    • Vintage Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Vintage Village is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintage Village
    • Walnut Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Walnut Hill is located in New Castle County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill

How Far From New Garden 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 New Garden to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • West Chester, which is the Seat of Chester County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Garden to West Chester, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 93 miles [149.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,804 miles [9,340.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,510 miles [10,476.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,387 miles [7,060.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- New Garden) 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 New Garden 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 New Garden 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 New Garden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8154, Longitude: -75.7522    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.063 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.644 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.803 degrees.