Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Avon Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Avon Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Avon Park
- 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 Avon Park:
- 40.593159, -74.399595
- 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 Avon Park
- 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Since Avon Park is near Union County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Avon Park ...
We found six communities that share the name Avon Park.
Within New Jersey, the name Avon Park is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Florida
- Broward County
- This Avon Park is located in Broward County and lies 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Avon Park that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Avon Park.
- Highlands County
- This Avon Park is located in Highlands County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km] to the south southwest of the Avon Park that is located in Middlesex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highlands County community of Avon Park.
- Georgia
- Ohio
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Avon Park ...
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.
- Clara Barton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clara Barton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara Barton
- Clara Barton is located in Middlesex County
- Clark
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Coontown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Edgar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Edison
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Edison is located in Middlesex County
- Fieldville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fieldville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldville
- Fieldville is located in Middlesex County
- Fords
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Free Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Free Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Acres
- Free Acres is located in Union County
- Lincoln Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Park is located in Middlesex County
- Martins Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Landing
- Martins Landing is located in Middlesex County
- Netherwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Netherwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherwood
- Netherwood is located in Union County
- Nixon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Continue List (11 more) ...
- Oak Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Possumtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Possumtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumtown
- Possumtown is located in Middlesex County
- Potters
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters
- Potters is located in Middlesex County
- Pumptown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Randolphville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolphville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolphville
- Randolphville is located in Middlesex County
- Sand Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hills
- Sand Hills is located in Middlesex County
- Scotch Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotch Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Plains
- Scotch Plains is located in Union County
- Society Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Society Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill
- Society Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Stony Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
- Stony Hill is located in Union County
- Union Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- Union Village is located in Somerset County
- Valentine
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Tree
How Far From Avon Park 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 Avon Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Avon Park and extending to:
- New Brunswick, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Avon Park to Trenton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 182 miles [292.9 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 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,715 miles [9,197.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,421 miles [10,333.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,298 miles [6,917 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Avon Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Middlesex County: www.co.middlesex.nj.us/
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' (or 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- Avon Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Avon Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5932, Longitude: -74.3996 In this case, the coordinates for Avon Park 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Avon Park 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Avon Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.189 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.777 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.888 degrees. |