Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Briar Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Briar Manor and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Briar Manor

• 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 Briar Manor:
  • 40.211776, -74.658491
  • 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 Briar Manor

• 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
  • Since Briar Manor is near Monmouth County and also Burlington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington 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 Briar Manor

Curious and Interesting Names Near Briar Manor ...

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.

• Edinburg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Edinburg is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
• Golden Crest
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Golden Crest is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Crest
• Groveville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Groveville is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
• Mile Hollow
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mile Hollow is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Hollow
• Pages Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pages Corner is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
• Parsonville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Parsonville is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonville
• Quaker Gardens
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Quaker Gardens is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gardens
• Robbinsville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Robbinsville is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbinsville
• Slackwoods
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Slackwoods is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackwoods
• Spring Mill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Mill is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
• White Horse
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • White Horse is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse

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

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

• Trenton, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the West.
• Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies just to the west (W).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Briar Manor to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,742 miles [9,240.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,447 miles [10,375.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,324 miles [6,958.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'