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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 Barnard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barnard and the surrounding area.

  • 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 Barnard:
    • 39.620950, -74.784329
    • 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 Barnard
  • 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 Atlantic County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Atlantic County
    • Since Barnard is near Camden County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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 Barnard

Communities Also Named Barnard ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Barnard.

Within New Jersey, the name Barnard is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Chatham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Barnard [Chatham County].
    • Illinois
      • Adams County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Barnard [Adams County].
    • Indiana
      • Putnam County
      • This Barnard is located in Putnam County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<2> to the west of the Barnard that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Barnard.
    • Kansas
      • Lincoln County
      • This Barnard is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,237 miles [1,990.8 km]<2> to the west of the Barnard that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Barnard.
      • Sumner County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Barnard [Sumner County].
    • Maine
      • Piscataquis County
      • This Barnard is located in Piscataquis County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Barnard that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Barnard.
    • Michigan
      • Charlevoix County
      • This Barnard is located in Charlevoix County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Barnard that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charlevoix County community of Barnard.
    • Missouri
      • Nodaway County
      • This Barnard is located in Nodaway County and lies 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km]<2> to the west of the Barnard that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nodaway County community of Barnard.
    • New York
      • Monroe County
      • This Barnard is located in Monroe County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Barnard that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Barnard.
    • North Carolina
      • Madison County
      • This Barnard is located in Madison County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Barnard that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Barnard.
    • Ohio
      • Meigs County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Meigs County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Barnard.
    • South Dakota
      • Brown County
      • This Barnard is located in Brown County and lies 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Barnard that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Barnard.
    • Vermont
      • Windsor County
      • This Barnard is located in Windsor County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Barnard that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Barnard.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barnard ...

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.

  • Berryland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Berryland is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryland
  • Cedar Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Lake is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
  • Dutchtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Dutchtown is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
  • Elm
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Elm is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
  • Magnolia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Magnolia is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Murphy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Murphy is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
  • Penny Pot
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Penny Pot is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penny Pot
  • Piney Hollow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Piney Hollow is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Hollow
  • Pleasant Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Mills is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Mills
  • Rockwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockwood is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
  • Rosedale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosedale is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Sweetwater
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Sweetwater is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater

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

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

  • Mays Landing, which is the Seat of Atlantic County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Barnard to Mays Landing, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 41 miles [66 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 130 miles [209.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,771 miles [9,287.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,352 miles [7,003.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Barnard 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.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Barnard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Barnard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Barnard 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 Barnard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6210, Longitude: -74.7843       In this case, the coordinates for Barnard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.51 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.986 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.474 degrees.