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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 Catawba, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Catawba 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 Catawba:
    • 39.407060, -74.714051
    • 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 Catawba
  • 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 Atlantic County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Atlantic County
    • Since Catawba is near Monmouth County and also Cape May 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 Cape May 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 Catawba

Communities Also Named Catawba ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Catawba.

Within New Jersey, the name Catawba is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Citrus County
      • This Catawba is located in Citrus County and lies 859 miles [1,382.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Catawba that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Citrus County community of Catawba.
    • Kentucky
      • Pendleton County
      • This Catawba is located in Pendleton County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the west of the Catawba that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pendleton County community of Catawba.
    • Missouri
      • Caldwell County
      • This Catawba is located in Caldwell County and lies 1,016 miles [1,635.1 km]<1> to the west of the Catawba that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Catawba.
    • New York
      • Steuben County
      • This Catawba is located in Steuben County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Catawba that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Catawba.
    • North Carolina
      • Catawba County
      • This Catawba is located in Catawba County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Catawba that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catawba County community of Catawba.
      • Gaston County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Catawba [Gaston County].
    • Ohio
      • Champaign County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Catawba [Champaign County].
      • Clark County
      • This Catawba is located in Clark County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the west of the Catawba that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Catawba.
    • Oklahoma
      • Blaine County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Catawba [Blaine County].
    • South Carolina
      • York County
      • This Catawba is located in York County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Catawba that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Catawba.
    • Virginia
      • Botetourt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Catawba [Botetourt County].
      • Halifax County
      • This Catawba is located in Halifax County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Catawba that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Halifax County community of Catawba.
      • Roanoke County
      • This Catawba is located in Roanoke County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km] to the west southwest of the Catawba that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke County community of Catawba.
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • This Catawba is located in Marion County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the west of the Catawba that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Catawba.
    • Wisconsin
      • Price County
      • This Catawba is located in Price County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Catawba that is located in Atlantic County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Price County community of Catawba.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Catawba ...

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.

  • Clarkstown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Clarkstown is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkstown
  • Clover Leaf Lakes
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Clover Leaf Lakes is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Leaf Lakes
  • Dorothy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Dorothy is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
  • English Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • English Creek is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Creek
  • English Creek Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • English Creek Landing is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Creek Landing
  • Gravelly Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Gravelly Run is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Run
  • High Bank Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • High Bank Landing is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bank Landing
  • Mays Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Mays Landing is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Landing
  • Scullville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Scullville is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scullville
  • Steelman Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Steelman Landing is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelman Landing

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

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

  • Mays Landing, which is the Seat of Atlantic County, lies just to the North.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Catawba to Trenton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 129 miles [207.6 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 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,777 miles [9,297.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,479 miles [10,426.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,357 miles [7,011.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Catawba) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Catawba, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Catawba 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.
<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 Catawba 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 Catawba. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4071, Longitude: -74.7141       In this case, the coordinates for Catawba have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.488 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.927 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.535 degrees.