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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 Clover Leaf Lakes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clover Leaf Lakes and the surrounding area.
- 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 Clover Leaf Lakes:
- 39.470394, -74.710440
- 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 Clover Leaf Lakes
- 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 Atlantic County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Atlantic County
- Since Clover Leaf Lakes is near Monmouth County and also Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 Clover Leaf Lakes
Curious and Interesting Names Near Clover Leaf Lakes ...
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.
- Clarkstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Clarkstown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkstown
- Dorothy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dorothy is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Egg Harbor City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Egg Harbor City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,057 people
- English Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- English Creek is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Creek
- Gigantic City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gigantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gigantic City
- Gravelly Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gravelly Run is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Run
- High Bank Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- High Bank Landing is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bank Landing
- Magnolia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Magnolia is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Mays Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mays Landing is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Landing
- Steelman Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Steelman Landing is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelman Landing
How Far From Clover Leaf Lakes to ...
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 Clover Leaf Lakes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Clover Leaf Lakes and extending to:
- Mays Landing, which is the Seat of Atlantic County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Clover Leaf Lakes to Trenton, with an average speed<2> 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 130 miles [209.2 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 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,774 miles [9,292.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,476 miles [10,422.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,354 miles [7,007.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clover Leaf Lakes) 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 Clover Leaf Lakes 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 Clover Leaf Lakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4704, Longitude: -74.7104 In this case, the coordinates for Clover Leaf Lakes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.48 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.928 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.506 degrees. |
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