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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 Cream Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cream Ridge 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 Cream Ridge:
- 40.135045, -74.524267
- 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 Cream Ridge
- 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 Cream Ridge is near Burlington County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington 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 Cream Ridge
Communities Also Named Cream Ridge ...
We found one communities that are also named Cream Ridge.
Within New Jersey, the name Cream Ridge is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named Cream Ridge in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Livingston County
- This Cream Ridge is located in Livingston County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km]<1> to the west of the Cream Ridge that is located in Monmouth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Cream Ridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cream Ridge ...
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.
- Cookstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cookstown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookstown
- Francis Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Francis Mills is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Mills
- Hockamik
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hockamik is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockamik
- Jacobstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirbys Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kirbys Mills is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbys Mills
- New Egypt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pages Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pages Corner is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
- Prospertown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Red Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Valley is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Valley
- Robinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Robinsville is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsville
- Spring Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Mill is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Stone Tavern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Tavern is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Tavern
How Far From Cream Ridge 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 Cream Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cream Ridge and extending to:
- Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cream Ridge to Freehold, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 13 miles [20.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 158 miles [254.3 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 9 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,739 miles [9,236 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,444 miles [10,370.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,321 miles [6,954 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cream Ridge) 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 Cream Ridge 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 Cream Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1350, Longitude: -74.5243 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.309 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.839 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.142 degrees. |
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