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 Clearwater:
41.027875, -74.712108
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.
We found twenty communities that share the name Clearwater.
Within New Jersey, the name Clearwater is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, seventeen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Yavapai 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 Arizona community of Clearwater [Yavapai County].
Arkansas
Mississippi County
This Clearwater is located in Mississippi County and lies 909 miles [1,462.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Clearwater.
British Columbia
This Clearwater lies 2,240 miles [3,604.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
California
Los Angeles County
This Clearwater is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,406 miles [3,872.1 km]<2> to the west of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Clearwater.
Florida
Pinellas County
This Clearwater is located in Pinellas County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinellas County community of Clearwater.
Idaho
Idaho County
This Clearwater is located in Idaho County and lies 2,066 miles [3,324.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Idaho County community of Clearwater.
Kansas
Sedgwick County
This Clearwater is located in Sedgwick County and lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<2> to the west of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Clearwater.
Louisiana
Evangeline Parish
This Clearwater is located in Evangeline Parish and lies 1,202 miles [1,934.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Evangeline Parish community of Clearwater.
Manitoba
This Clearwater lies 1,315 miles [2,116.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
Minnesota
Wright County
This Clearwater is located in Wright County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Clearwater.
Missouri
Sainte Genevieve County
This Clearwater is located in Sainte Genevieve County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<2> to the west of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sainte Genevieve County community of Clearwater.
Montana
Deer Lodge 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 Montana community of Clearwater [Deer Lodge County].
Missoula County
This Clearwater is located in Missoula County and lies 1,943 miles [3,127 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Missoula County community of Clearwater.
Nebraska
Antelope County
This Clearwater is located in Antelope County and lies 1,211 miles [1,948.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Antelope County community of Clearwater.
New Brunswick
This Clearwater lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
Oregon
Douglas County
This Clearwater is located in Douglas County and lies 2,414 miles [3,885 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Clearwater.
South Carolina
Aiken County
This Clearwater is located in Aiken County and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Clearwater.
Tennessee
McMinn County
This Clearwater is located in McMinn County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McMinn County community of Clearwater.
Texas
Franklin County
This Clearwater is located in Franklin County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Clearwater.
Washington
Jefferson County
This Clearwater is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,448 miles [3,939.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Clearwater that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Clearwater.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clearwater ...
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.
Big Springs (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Clearwater to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clearwater and extending to:
Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Clearwater 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 191 miles [307.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,711 miles [9,191 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,419 miles [10,330.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,295 miles [6,912.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Clearwater 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>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Clearwater) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Clearwater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0279, Longitude: -74.7121 In this case, the coordinates for Clearwater have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
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.
<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 Clearwater 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 306.331 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.008 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.832 degrees.