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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 Branchport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Branchport 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 Branchport:
- 40.308362, -73.997443
- 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 Branchport
- 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 Monmouth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
- Since Branchport is near Ocean County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Branchport
Communities Also Named Branchport ...
We found two communities that are also named Branchport.
Within New Jersey, the name Branchport is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Jewell 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 Branchport [Jewell County].
- New York
- Yates County
- This Branchport is located in Yates County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Branchport that is located in Monmouth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yates County community of Branchport.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Branchport ...
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.
- Cold Indian Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Indian Springs is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Indian Springs
- Cooks Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cooks Mills is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Deal Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deal Park is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal Park
- Dogs Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dogs Corners is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogs Corners
- Green Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Little Silver Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Little Silver Point is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Silver Point
- Locust
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Locust is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
- Long Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ocean Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ocean Grove is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove
- Oceanic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oceanic is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanic
- Sands Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sands Point is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands Point
- Stone Church
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stone Church is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Waterwitch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wayside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Branchport 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 Branchport to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Branchport and extending to:
- Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Branchport to Freehold, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the west (W). 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 188 miles [302.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,710 miles [9,189.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,291 miles [6,905.7 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 Branchport 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Branchport) 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 Branchport 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 Branchport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3084, Longitude: -73.9974 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.981 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.496 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.841 degrees. |
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