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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 Clarks Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clarks 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 Clarks Mills:
    • 40.317054, -74.350148
    • 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 Clarks 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
    • Since Clarks Mills 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 Clarks Mills

Communities Also Named Clarks Mills ...

We found eight communities that are also named Clarks Mills.

Within New Jersey, the name Clarks Mills is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • York County
      • This Clarks Mills is located in York County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clarks Mills that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Clarks Mills.
    • New York
      • Oneida 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 Clarks Mills [Oneida County].
      • Washington County
      • This Clarks Mills is located in Washington County and lies 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the north of the Clarks Mills that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Clarks Mills.
    • North Carolina
      • Moore 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 North Carolina community of Clarks Mills [Moore County].
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Clarks Mills.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Mercer County
      • This Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clarks Mills that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Clarks Mills.
    • South Carolina
      • Lexington 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 South Carolina community of Clarks Mills [Lexington County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Manitowoc County
      • This Clarks Mills is located in Manitowoc County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clarks Mills that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manitowoc County community of Clarks Mills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clarks 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.

  • Clearbrook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Clearbrook is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
  • Elton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Elton is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
  • Freehold
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Freehold is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freehold
  • Gordons Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Gordons Corner is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordons Corner
  • Gravel Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Gravel Hill is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Half Acre
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Half Acre is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Acre
  • Herberts Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Herberts Corner is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herberts Corner
  • Jamesburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jamesburg is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
  • Jamesburg Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jamesburg Gardens is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg Gardens
  • Jamesburg Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jamesburg Park is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg Park
  • Middlesex Downs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Middlesex Downs is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Downs
  • Robertsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Robertsville is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Smocks Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Smocks Corners is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smocks Corners
    • Spring Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Valley is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Texas
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Texas is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Union Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Union Valley is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley

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

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

  • New Brunswick, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Clarks Mills to New Brunswick, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 173 miles [278.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,724 miles [9,211.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,306 miles [6,929.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clarks 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 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 Clarks 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 Clarks 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 Clarks Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3171, Longitude: -74.3501       In this case, the coordinates for Clarks Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.188 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.732 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.988 degrees.