Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Beaufort, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beaufort and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Beaufort
- 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 Beaufort:
- 40.817878, -74.329594
- 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 Beaufort
- 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 Essex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Essex County
- Since Beaufort is near Morris County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Morris County
- eBird sighting report for Union 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 Beaufort ...
We found seven communities that share the name Beaufort.
Within New Jersey, the name Beaufort is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New Brunswick
- This Beaufort lies 530 miles [853 km]<2> to the northeast of the Beaufort that is located in Essex County.
- North Carolina
- Quebec
- This Beaufort lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Beaufort that is located in Essex County.
- South Carolina
- Beaufort County
- This Beaufort is located in Beaufort County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Beaufort that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Beaufort.
- Lancaster 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 South Carolina community of Beaufort [Lancaster County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beaufort ...
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.
- Ampere
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Birch Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Hills
- Birch Hills is located in Morris County
- Cedar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Essex County
- Floral Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floral Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Hill
- Floral Hill is located in Morris County
- Fox Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Franklin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Great Notch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Notch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Notch
- Great Notch is located in Passaic County
- Hickory Tree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Tree
- Hickory Tree is located in Morris County
- Little Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Little Falls is located in Passaic County
- Littleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Maplewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Maplewood is located in Essex County
- Meadow Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Meadow Village is located in Essex County
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Mountain View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Passaic County
- Orange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Orange is located in Essex County
- Overlook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Rosedale Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village
- Rosedale Village is located in Morris County
- Short Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Short Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Hills
- Short Hills is located in Essex County
- Two Bridges
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Two Bridges have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Bridges
- Two Bridges is located in Essex County
- Wyoming
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain View
How Far From Beaufort 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 Beaufort to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beaufort and extending to:
- Newark, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Beaufort to Newark, with an average speed<4> 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 46 miles [74 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving 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 5,703 miles [9,178.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,410 miles [10,315.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,286 miles [6,897.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beaufort. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Essex County: www.co.essex.nj.us/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/
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 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 Beaufort 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beaufort) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beaufort. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8179, Longitude: -74.3296 In this case, the coordinates for Beaufort have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Beaufort 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 306.124 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.74 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.758 degrees. |