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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 Burkesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burkesville 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 Burkesville:
    • 40.160668, -74.420984
    • 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 Burkesville
  • 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 Ocean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean County
    • Since Burkesville is near Monmouth County and also Mercer 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 Mercer 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 Burkesville

Communities Also Named Burkesville ...

We found one communities that are also named Burkesville.

Within New Jersey, the name Burkesville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Cumberland County
      • This Burkesville is located in Cumberland County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Burkesville that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Burkesville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burkesville ...

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.

  • Cream Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
  • Elton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Elton is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
  • Fair Play
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fair Play is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
  • Francis Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Francis Mills is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Mills
  • Leesville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Leesville is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
  • Maryland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Maryland is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
  • Pleasant Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Prospertown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
  • Red Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Red Valley is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Valley
  • Robinsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Robinsville is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsville
  • Stone Tavern
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Stone Tavern is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Tavern
  • Sweetman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sweetman is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetman
  • Vista Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Vista Center is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Center

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

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

  • Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Burkesville to Toms River, with an average speed<2> 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 five to six hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 164 miles [263.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,734 miles [9,228 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,315 miles [6,944.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Burkesville) 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 Burkesville 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 Burkesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1607, Longitude: -74.4210       In this case, the coordinates for Burkesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.245 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.772 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.087 degrees.