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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 Centre City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Centre City 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 Centre City:
    • 39.775947, -75.180735
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Centre City
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Centre City ...

We found one communities that share the name Centre City.

Within New Jersey, the name Centre City is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Texas
      • Mills County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Centre City [Mills County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Centre City ...

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.

  • Cedar Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Cedar Grove is located in Gloucester County
  • Friars Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friars Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Landing
    • Friars Landing is located in Gloucester County
  • Garden City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
    • Garden City is located in Gloucester County
  • Gardenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardenville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville
    • Gardenville is located in Gloucester County
  • Gardenville Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardenville Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville Center
    • Gardenville Center is located in Gloucester County
  • Good Intent
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Intent have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Intent
    • Good Intent is located in Gloucester County
  • Green Tree
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
    • Green Tree is located in Gloucester County
  • Green-Fields
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green-Fields have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green-Fields
    • Green-Fields is located in Gloucester County
  • Hilltop
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Hilltop is located in Camden County
  • Leonards
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonards have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonards
    • Leonards is located in Gloucester County
  • Mechanicsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
    • Mechanicsville is located in Camden County
  • Paradise
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Paradise is located in Gloucester County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Red Bank
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
      • Red Bank is located in Gloucester County
    • Richwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
      • Richwood is located in Gloucester County
    • Riverwinds
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverwinds have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwinds
      • Riverwinds is located in Gloucester County
    • Sunset Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
      • Sunset Beach is located in Gloucester County

How Far From Centre City to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Centre City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Centre City and extending to:

  • Woodbury, which is the Seat of Gloucester County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Centre City to Trenton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 116 miles [186.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,782 miles [9,305.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,486 miles [10,438.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,363 miles [7,021.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Centre City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Gloucester County: www.co.gloucester.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Centre City 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.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>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- Centre City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Centre City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7759, Longitude: -75.1807       In this case, the coordinates for Centre City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Centre City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.729 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.259 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.576 degrees.




 

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