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Owens Station

Owens Station from directly overhead

Owens Station is a ghost town in Delaware, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Opossum Hill stands 18 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Banning, a ghost town 0.5 miles away. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway passes 16 miles off.

human settlement in Sussex County, Delaware, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates38.80560, -75.52610

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Town Square: 5.5 mi
  • Bridgeville Park: 5.9 mi
  • The Old School Park: 8.4 mi
  • Milford Ballpark: 8.9 mi
  • Mispillion Riverwalk: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 47
Museums: 30
  • Bridgeville Historical Society Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Harrington Tower Railroad Museum: 8.6 mi
  • The Greater Harrington Historical Society: 8.7 mi
  • Georgetown Fire Co. Historical Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Georgetown Train Station Museum: 10.8 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • John Milton Statue: 11.7 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 12.2 mi
  • Skip Gardner: 15.2 mi
  • William Still Center Families Divided & United Marker: 16.7 mi
  • Zwaanendael Memorial: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Senior Center Meditation Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek: 23.4 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Back Bay Art Glass LLC: 21.9 mi
  • Mary: 22.9 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Opossum Hill: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Owens Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Opossum HillW 265°18 m15.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:14
June solstice05:3819:5120:31
September equinox06:5018:2619:01
December solstice07:1816:0216:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353643546372777568574739
Precip in3.62.94.03.43.74.24.04.54.84.23.23.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenwood 2NE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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