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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 Cloverhill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cloverhill 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 Cloverhill:
    • 40.488160, -74.782107
    • 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 Cloverhill
  • 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 Hunterdon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
    • Since Cloverhill is near Somerset County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Cloverhill

Communities Also Named Cloverhill ...

We found one communities that are also named Cloverhill.

Within New Jersey, the name Cloverhill is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named Cloverhill in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Davidson County
      • This Cloverhill is located in Davidson County and lies 708 miles [1,139.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cloverhill that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Cloverhill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cloverhill ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Centerville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Copper Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Copper Hill is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
  • Darts Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Darts Mills is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darts Mills
  • Dutchtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dutchtown is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
  • Flagtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Flagtown is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagtown
  • Plainville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Plainville is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
  • Pleasant Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Run is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
  • Pleasantview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pleasantview is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantview
  • Rock Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock Mill is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mill
  • Skillman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Skillman is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillman
  • Stoutsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Stoutsburg is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
  • Three Bridges
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Three Bridges is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Bridges
  • Unionville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Unionville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
  • Zion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Zion is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

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

  • Flemington, which is the Seat of Hunterdon County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Cloverhill to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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 162 miles [260.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,736 miles [9,231.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,442 miles [10,367.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,319 miles [6,950.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cloverhill) 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 Cloverhill 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 Cloverhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4882, Longitude: -74.7821       In this case, the coordinates for Cloverhill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.427 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.03 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.10 degrees.