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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 Bullock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bullock 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 Bullock:
    • 39.881784, -74.449595
    • 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 Bullock
  • 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 Burlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
    • Since Bullock is near Ocean County and also Monmouth 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 Monmouth 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 Bullock

Communities Also Named Bullock ...

We found nine communities that are also named Bullock.

Within New Jersey, the name Bullock is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Crenshaw County
      • This Bullock is located in Crenshaw County and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bullock that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crenshaw County community of Bullock.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Bullock is located in Frederick County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the west of the Bullock that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Bullock.
    • Michigan
      • Alpena County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bullock [Alpena County].
    • Mississippi
      • Tippah County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bullock [Tippah County].
    • North Carolina
      • Granville County
      • This Bullock is located in Granville County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bullock that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Granville County community of Bullock.
    • Ontario
      • This Bullock lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bullock that is located in Burlington County.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenwood County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Bullock [Greenwood County].
    • Texas
      • Eastland County
      • This Bullock is located in Eastland County and lies 1,437 miles [2,312.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bullock that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eastland County community of Bullock.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Bullock is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,959 miles [3,152.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bullock that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Bullock.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bullock ...

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.

  • Butlers Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Butlers Place is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Place
  • Cedar Crest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Crest is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
  • Dukes Bridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Dukes Bridge is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes Bridge
  • Earlys Crossing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Earlys Crossing is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlys Crossing
  • Four Mile
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Four Mile is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile
  • Four Mile Circle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Four Mile Circle is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile Circle
  • Howardsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Howardsville is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
  • Jones Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jones Mill is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
  • Lacey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lacey is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
  • Mount Misery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Misery is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Misery
  • Red Oak Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Oak Grove is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak Grove
  • Wheatland
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Wheatland is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bullock and extending to:

  • Mount Holly, which is the Seat of Burlington County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bullock to Mount Holly, with an average speed<4> 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 6 hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 153 miles [246.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,746 miles [9,247.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,327 miles [6,963.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bullock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bullock 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bullock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bullock 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 Bullock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8818, Longitude: -74.4496       In this case, the coordinates for Bullock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.289 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.777 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.22 degrees.