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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 Bennys Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bennys Landing 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 Bennys Landing:
    • 39.067336, -74.812667
    • 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 Bennys Landing
  • 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 Cape May County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cape May County
    • Since Bennys Landing is near Sussex County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Bennys Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bennys Landing ...

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.

  • Grassy Sound
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Grassy Sound is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Sound
  • Green Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Green Creek is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
  • Highs Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Highs Beach is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highs Beach
  • King Crab Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • King Crab Landing is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Crab Landing
  • Mayville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Mayville is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
  • Nummytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Nummytown is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nummytown
  • Pierces
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pierces is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces
  • Pierces Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pierces Point is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Point
  • Potato Island
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Potato Island is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potato Island
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Reeds Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Reeds Beach is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Beach
    • Scotch Bonnet
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Scotch Bonnet is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Bonnet
    • Shellbed Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Shellbed Landing is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellbed Landing
    • Wildwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Wildwood is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,916 people
    • Wildwood Gardens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Wildwood Gardens is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Gardens
    • Wildwood Junction
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Wildwood Junction is located in Cape May County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Junction

How Far From Bennys Landing to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bennys Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Cape May, which is the Seat of Cape May County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bennys Landing to Cape May, with an average speed<2> 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 79 miles [127.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 119 miles [191.5 km] to the west (W). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,795 miles [9,326.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,374 miles [7,039.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bennys Landing) 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 Bennys Landing 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 Bennys Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0673, Longitude: -74.8127       In this case, the coordinates for Bennys Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.575 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.972 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.718 degrees.