RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of New Jersey >> Passaic County >> Awosting >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Awosting, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Awosting 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 Awosting:
    • 41.154540, -74.336540
    • 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 Awosting
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic County
    • Since Awosting is near Orange County and also Sussex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex 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 Awosting

Communities Also Named Awosting ...

We found one communities that are also named Awosting.

Within New Jersey, the name Awosting is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named Awosting in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Ulster County
      • This Awosting is located in Ulster County and lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<1> to the north of the Awosting that is located in Passaic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Awosting.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Awosting ...

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.

  • Cooper
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cooper is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
  • Eagle Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Eagle Valley is located in Orange County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Valley
  • Greenwood Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Indian Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Indian Park is located in Orange County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Park
  • Lakeville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeville is located in Orange County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
  • Moe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Moe is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moe
  • Monks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Monks is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monks
  • Rocky Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Rocky Hill is located in Orange County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
  • Skylands
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Skylands is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylands
  • Stonetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Stonetown is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonetown
  • Uttertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Uttertown is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uttertown
  • Willow Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Willow Brook is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook

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

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

  • Paterson, which is the Seat of Passaic County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Awosting to Paterson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 68 miles [109.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 211 miles [339.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,690 miles [9,157.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,274 miles [6,878.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Awosting) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Awosting 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 Awosting. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1545, Longitude: -74.3365       In this case, the coordinates for Awosting have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.093 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.759 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.61 degrees.