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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 Clara Barton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clara Barton 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 Clara Barton:
    • 40.534271, -74.339315
    • 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 Clara Barton
  • 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
    • Since Clara Barton is near Richmond County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Clara Barton

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clara Barton ...

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.

  • Barber
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Barber is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
  • Edgar
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgar is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
  • Edison
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Edison is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
  • Fords
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fords is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords
  • Greensand
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greensand is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensand
  • Harbor Terrace
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Harbor Terrace is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Terrace
  • Hopelawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hopelawn is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopelawn
  • Lincoln Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Martins Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Martins Landing is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Landing
  • Mechanicsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • Nixon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Nixon is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
  • Oak Tree
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Tree is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Potters
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Potters is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters
    • Pumptown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pumptown is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumptown
    • Sand Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Sand Hills is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hills
    • Valentine
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Valentine is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Clara Barton and extending to:

  • New Brunswick, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Clara Barton to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 182 miles [292.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,715 miles [9,197.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,421 miles [10,333.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,298 miles [6,917 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 from Point A (ie- Clara Barton) 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 Clara Barton 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 Clara Barton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5343, Longitude: -74.3393       In this case, the coordinates for Clara Barton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.16 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.734 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.888 degrees.