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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 Clermont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clermont 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 Clermont:
    • 39.990668, -74.799607
    • 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 Clermont
  • 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 Burlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
    • Since Clermont is near Bucks County and also Camden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden 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 Clermont

Communities Also Named Clermont ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Clermont.

There is one other community in New Jersey that is also named Clermont.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New Jersey ...
    • Cape May County
      • This Clermont is located in Cape May County and lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the south of the Clermont that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape May County community of Clermont.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Clermont is located in New Castle County and lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Clermont that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Clermont.
    • Florida
      • Lake County
      • This Clermont is located in Lake County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Clermont that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Clermont.
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This Clermont is located in Hall County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<1> to the southwest of the Clermont that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Clermont.
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • This Clermont is located in Marion County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<1> to the west of the Clermont that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Clermont.
    • Iowa
      • Fayette County
      • This Clermont is located in Fayette County and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clermont that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Clermont.
    • Kansas
      • Montgomery 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 Kansas community of Clermont [Montgomery County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bullitt County
      • This Clermont is located in Bullitt County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the west of the Clermont that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullitt County community of Clermont.
    • Montana
      • Custer 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 Montana community of Clermont [Custer County].
    • New York
      • Columbia County
      • This Clermont is located in Columbia County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Clermont that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Clermont.
    • Oklahoma
      • Canadian 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 Oklahoma community of Clermont [Canadian County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • McKean County
      • This Clermont is located in McKean County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clermont that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Clermont.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Clermont lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clermont that is located in Burlington County.
    • Quebec
      • This Clermont lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Clermont that is located in Burlington County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clermont ...

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.

  • Chambers Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chambers Corners is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Corners
  • Crescent Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Crescent Heights is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Heights
  • Deacons
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Deacons is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacons
  • Fostertown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Fostertown is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostertown
  • Martins Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Martins Beach is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Beach
  • Meadowbrook
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Mount Holly
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Mount Holly is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • Scratch Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Scratch Ridge is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scratch Ridge
  • Twin Hill Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Twin Hill Park is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Hill Park
  • Unionville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Unionville is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
  • Woodlane
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Woodlane is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlane

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

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

  • Mount Holly, which is the Seat of Burlington County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Clermont to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 141 miles [226.9 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 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,757 miles [9,265 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,461 miles [10,398 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,338 miles [6,981.3 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- Clermont) 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 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 Clermont 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 Clermont 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 Clermont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9907, Longitude: -74.7996       In this case, the coordinates for Clermont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.485 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.016 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.322 degrees.