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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 Burnt Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burnt Mills 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 Burnt Mills:
    • 40.635935, -74.686827
    • 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 Burnt Mills
  • 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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
    • Since Burnt Mills is near Hunterdon County and also Morris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morris 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 Burnt Mills

Communities Also Named Burnt Mills ...

We found five communities that are also named Burnt Mills.

Within New Jersey, the name Burnt Mills is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Burnt Mills is located in Montgomery County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Burnt Mills that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Burnt Mills.
    • New York
      • Jefferson 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 New York community of Burnt Mills [Jefferson County].
    • North Carolina
      • Camden County
      • This Burnt Mills is located in Camden County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Burnt Mills that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Burnt Mills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This Burnt Mills is located in Chester County and lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Burnt Mills that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Burnt Mills.
      • Lancaster County
      • This Burnt Mills is located in Lancaster County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the west southwest of the Burnt Mills that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Burnt Mills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnt Mills ...

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.

  • Grandview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Grandview is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Greater Cross Roads
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Greater Cross Roads is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greater Cross Roads
  • Green Knoll
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Knoll is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Knoll
  • Lanes Crossing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lanes Crossing is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Crossing
  • Liberty Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Liberty Corner is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corner
  • Milltown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Milltown is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Mount Horeb
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mount Horeb is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
  • Peapack
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Peapack is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapack
  • Pill Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pill Hill is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pill Hill
  • Potterstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Potterstown is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterstown
  • Pottersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pottersville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersville
  • Whitehouse Station
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Whitehouse Station is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Station

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

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

  • Somerville, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Burnt Mills to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 173 miles [278.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,726 miles [9,215.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,433 miles [10,352.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,309 miles [6,934.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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- Burnt Mills) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Burnt Mills 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>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 Burnt Mills 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 Burnt Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6359, Longitude: -74.6868       In this case, the coordinates for Burnt Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.356 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.973 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.994 degrees.