Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Wayne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wayne and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Wayne
- 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 Wayne:
- 40.925376, -74.276537
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Wayne
- 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 Passaic County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Passaic County
- Since Wayne is near Morris County and also Essex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Morris County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Wayne ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Wayne.
Within New Jersey, the name Wayne is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 27 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alberta
- This Wayne lies 1,945 miles [3,130.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wayne that is located in Passaic County.
- Arizona
- California
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maine
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Barry County
- This Wayne is located in Barry County and lies 1,097 miles [1,765.5 km]<1> to the west of the Wayne that is located in Passaic County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Wayne.
- Jackson 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 Missouri community of Wayne [Jackson County].
- Montana
- Cascade County
- This Wayne is located in Cascade County and lies 1,852 miles [2,980.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wayne that is located in Passaic County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cascade County community of Wayne.
- Chouteau 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 Montana community of Wayne [Chouteau County].
- Nebraska
- New York
- Ohio
- Ashtabula County
- This Wayne is located in Ashtabula County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the west of the Wayne that is located in Passaic County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Wayne.
- Scioto County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Scioto County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Wayne.
- Wayne 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 Ohio community of Wayne [Wayne County].
- Wood County
- This Wayne is located in Wood County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km] to the west of the Wayne that is located in Passaic County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Wayne.
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wayne ...
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.
- Butler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Cedar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Essex County
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Great Notch
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Notch have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Notch
- Great Notch is located in Passaic County
- Little Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Little Falls is located in Passaic County
- Meadow Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Meadow Village is located in Essex County
- Mountain View
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Passaic County
- Packanack Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Packanack Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packanack Lake
- Packanack Lake is located in Passaic County
- Preakness
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Two Bridges
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Two Bridges have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Bridges
- Two Bridges is located in Essex County
How Far From Wayne 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 Wayne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wayne and extending to:
- Paterson, which is the Seat of Passaic County, lies just to the East.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Wayne to Trenton, with an average speed<6> 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 202 miles [325.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,696 miles [9,166.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,404 miles [10,306.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,280 miles [6,888 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wayne. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Passaic County: www.passaiccountynj.org/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wayne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wayne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9254, Longitude: -74.2765 In this case, the coordinates for Wayne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Wayne 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wayne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Wayne to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.081 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.709 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.687 degrees. |