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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 Concordia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Concordia 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 Concordia:
    • 40.310942, -74.448207
    • 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 Concordia
  • 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 Concordia 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 Concordia

Communities Also Named Concordia ...

We found seven communities that are also named Concordia.

Within New Jersey, the name Concordia is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Elbert County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Concordia [Elbert County].
    • Kansas
      • Cloud County
      • This Concordia is located in Cloud County and lies 1,226 miles [1,973.1 km]<2> to the west of the Concordia that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cloud County community of Concordia.
    • Kentucky
      • Meade County
      • This Concordia is located in Meade County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<2> to the west of the Concordia that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meade County community of Concordia.
    • Louisiana
      • Concordia Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Concordia [Concordia Parish].
    • Mississippi
      • Bolivar County
      • This Concordia is located in Bolivar County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Concordia that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bolivar County community of Concordia.
    • Missouri
      • Lafayette County
      • This Concordia is located in Lafayette County and lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km]<2> to the west of the Concordia that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Concordia.
    • Texas
      • Nueces County
      • This Concordia is located in Nueces County and lies 1,587 miles [2,554 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Concordia that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nueces County community of Concordia.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Concordia ...

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
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Clearbrook is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
  • Gravel Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Gravel Hill is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Half Acre
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Half Acre is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Acre
  • Jamesburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jamesburg is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
  • Jamesburg Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jamesburg Gardens is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg Gardens
  • Jamesburg Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jamesburg Park is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg Park
  • Middlesex Downs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Middlesex Downs is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Downs
  • Twin Rivers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Twin Rivers is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers
  • Union Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Union Valley is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley

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

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

  • New Brunswick, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Concordia to New Brunswick, with an average speed<4> 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 17 miles [27.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 168 miles [270.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,729 miles [9,219.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,311 miles [6,937.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Concordia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Concordia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Concordia 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.
<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 Concordia 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 Concordia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3109, Longitude: -74.4482       In this case, the coordinates for Concordia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.247 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.797 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.033 degrees.