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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 Cooleys Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooleys Corner 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 Cooleys Corner:
    • 40.214833, -74.516264
    • 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 Cooleys Corner
  • 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 Monmouth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
    • Since Cooleys Corner is near Mercer County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Cooleys Corner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooleys Corner ...

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.

  • Cream Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
  • Dutch Neck
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dutch Neck is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Neck
  • Edinburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Edinburg is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
  • Fair Play
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fair Play is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
  • Hickory Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Corner is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corner
  • Kirbys Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Kirbys Mills is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbys Mills
  • Locust Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Locust Corner is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corner
  • Pages Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pages Corner is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
  • Prospertown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
  • Red Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Valley is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Valley
  • Robbinsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Robbinsville is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbinsville
  • Robinsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Robinsville is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsville
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Spring Mill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Mill is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
    • Stone Tavern
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Stone Tavern is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Tavern
    • Sweetman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Sweetman is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetman
    • Twin Rivers
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Twin Rivers is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers
    • Union Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Union Valley is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley

How Far From Cooleys Corner to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cooleys Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cooleys Corner and extending to:

  • Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cooleys Corner to Freehold, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 162 miles [260.7 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 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 6,440 miles [10,364.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,317 miles [6,947.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

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- Cooleys Corner) 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 Cooleys Corner 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 Cooleys Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2148, Longitude: -74.5163       In this case, the coordinates for Cooleys Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.296 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.838 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.104 degrees.