Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Delos, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Delos and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Delos

• 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 Delos:
  • 38.096522, -77.271924
  • 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 Delos

• 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 Caroline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Caroline County
  • Since Delos is near King George County and also Essex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for King George County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex 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 Delos

Curious and Interesting Names Near Delos ...

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.

• Cash Corner
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cash Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Corner
• Daniel Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Daniel Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel Corner
• Goldmans Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Goldmans Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldmans Corner
• Hickory Fork
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory Fork is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Fork
• Hicks Mill
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Hicks Mill is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Mill
• Howards Corner
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Howards Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Corner
• Lent
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lent is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lent
• Loving Fork
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Loving Fork is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving Fork
• Martins Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Martins Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
• Penny Corner
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Penny Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny Corner
• Poorhouse Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Poorhouse Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poorhouse Corner
• Range Corner
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Range Corner is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range Corner
• Raymonds Fork
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Raymonds Fork is located in Caroline County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymonds Fork

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

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

• Bowling Green, which is the Seat of Caroline County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Delos to Richmond, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 56 miles [90.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,941 miles [9,561.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,644 miles [10,692.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,522 miles [7,277.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'