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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 Blue Anchor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Anchor 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 Blue Anchor:
    • 39.689561, -74.882665
    • 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 Blue Anchor
  • 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 Camden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
    • Since Blue Anchor is near Gloucester County and also Atlantic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Atlantic 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 Blue Anchor

Communities Also Named Blue Anchor ...

We found one communities that are also named Blue Anchor.

Within New Jersey, the name Blue Anchor is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sutter 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 California community of Blue Anchor [Sutter County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Anchor ...

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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Berryland is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryland
  • Bishops
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Bishops is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops
  • Cecil
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cecil is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
  • Cedar Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Brook is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Brook
  • Dicktown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dicktown is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicktown
  • Elm
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Elm is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
  • Florence
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Florence is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Ivystone Farms
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Ivystone Farms is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivystone Farms
  • Murphy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Murphy is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
  • New Freedom
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • New Freedom is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Freedom
  • Rosedale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosedale is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Sicklerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sicklerville is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicklerville
  • Victory Lakes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Victory Lakes is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Lakes

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blue Anchor and extending to:

  • Camden, which is the Seat of Camden County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blue Anchor to Camden, 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 most of a day.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 37 miles [59.5 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 over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 127 miles [204.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,773 miles [9,290.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,476 miles [10,422.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,353 miles [7,005.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Blue Anchor 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Blue Anchor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Blue Anchor 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 Blue Anchor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6896, Longitude: -74.8827       In this case, the coordinates for Blue Anchor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.561 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.055 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.486 degrees.