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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 Arneys Mount, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arneys Mount 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 Arneys Mount:
    • 40.009835, -74.696548
    • 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 Arneys Mount
  • 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 Burlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
    • Since Arneys Mount is near Ocean County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Arneys Mount

Curious and Interesting Names Near Arneys Mount ...

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.

  • Buddtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Buddtown is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buddtown
  • Chambers Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Chambers Corners is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Corners
  • Columbus
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Columbus is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • Comical Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Comical Corners is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comical Corners
  • Crescent Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Crescent Heights is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Heights
  • Georgetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Georgetown is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Jobstown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jobstown is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobstown
  • Lewistown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Lewistown is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
  • Magnolia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Magnolia is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Meadowbrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Meadowbrook is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Mount Holly
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Mount Holly is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Scrapetown
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Scrapetown is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scrapetown
    • Scratch Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Scratch Ridge is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scratch Ridge
    • Unionville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Unionville is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Woodlane
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Woodlane is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlane

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

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

  • Mount Holly, which is the Seat of Burlington County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Arneys Mount to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 146 miles [235 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,752 miles [9,256.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,333 miles [6,973.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arneys Mount) 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 Arneys Mount 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 Arneys Mount. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0098, Longitude: -74.6965       In this case, the coordinates for Arneys Mount have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.422 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.948 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.27 degrees.