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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 A Country Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to A Country Place 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 A Country Place:
    • 40.088449, -74.228755
    • 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 A Country Place
  • 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 Ocean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean County
    • Since A Country Place is near Monmouth County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 A Country Place

Communities Also Named A Country Place ...

We found one communities that are also named A Country Place.

Within New Jersey, the name A Country Place is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named A Country Place in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This A Country Place is located in Fairfax County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the A Country Place that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of A Country Place.

Curious and Interesting Names Near A Country Place ...

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.

  • Bricktown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bricktown is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricktown
  • Cedar Bridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Bridge is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bridge
  • Coventry Square
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Coventry Square is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Square
  • Greenville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Greenville is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Harmony
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Harmony is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Herbertsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Herbertsville is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbertsville
  • Holiday City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Holiday City is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
  • Lake Club
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lake Club is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Club
  • Land of Pines
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Land of Pines is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Pines
  • Lanes Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lanes Mills is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Mills
  • Leisure Knoll
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Leisure Knoll is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Knoll
  • Maxim
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Maxim is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pleasant Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Grove is located in Ocean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
    • Pleasant Plains
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Plains is located in Ocean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
    • Ramtown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ramtown is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramtown
    • Seven Stars
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Seven Stars is located in Ocean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
    • Spruce Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Spruce Gardens is located in Ocean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Gardens
    • Vista Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Vista Center is located in Ocean County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Center

How Far From A Country Place to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as A Country Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in A Country Place and extending to:

  • Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from A Country Place to Toms River, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 29 miles [46.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 170 miles [273.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,728 miles [9,218.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,309 miles [6,934.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- A Country Place) 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 A Country Place 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 A Country Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0884, Longitude: -74.2288       In this case, the coordinates for A Country Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.139 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.64 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.037 degrees.