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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 Coopers Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coopers 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 Coopers Corner:
    • 40.372051, -74.847942
    • 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 Coopers 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
    • Since Coopers Corner is near Hunterdon County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks 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 Coopers Corner

Communities Also Named Coopers Corner ...

We found five communities that are also named Coopers Corner.

Within New Jersey, the name Coopers Corner is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Joaquin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Coopers Corner [San Joaquin County].
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Coopers Corner is located in Kent County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Coopers Corner that is located in Mercer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Coopers Corner.
    • Maine
      • York County
      • This Coopers Corner is located in York County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Coopers Corner that is located in Mercer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Coopers Corner.
    • Michigan
      • Iosco County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Coopers Corner [Iosco County].
    • Minnesota
      • Anoka County
      • This Coopers Corner is located in Anoka County and lies 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Coopers Corner that is located in Mercer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anoka County community of Coopers Corner.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coopers 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.

  • Bear Tavern
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bear Tavern is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Tavern
  • Centerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Centerville is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Copper Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Copper Hill is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
  • Deer Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Deer Park is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
  • Harts Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Harts Corner is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Corner
  • Hood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hood is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
  • Marshalls Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Marshalls Corner is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Corner
  • Mount Rose
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Mount Rose is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Rose
  • Reeder
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Reeder is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeder
  • Rock Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Mill is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mill
  • Rocktown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Rocktown is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocktown
  • Rosedale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rosedale is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Sand Brook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Sand Brook is located in Hunterdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Brook
    • Sandy Ridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandy Ridge is located in Hunterdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
    • Sergeantsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Sergeantsville is located in Hunterdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergeantsville
    • Skillman
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Skillman is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillman
    • Stoutsburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Stoutsburg is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
    • Unionville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Unionville is located in Hunterdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Zion
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Zion is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

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

  • Trenton, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Coopers Corner to Trenton, with an average speed<3> 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 11 miles [17.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 154 miles [247.8 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 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,743 miles [9,242.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,449 miles [10,378.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,326 miles [6,962 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Coopers Corner 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Coopers Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Coopers 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 Coopers Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3721, Longitude: -74.8479       In this case, the coordinates for Coopers Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.477 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.068 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.179 degrees.