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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 Deacons, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deacons 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 Deacons:
    • 40.037889, -74.827386
    • 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 Deacons
  • 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 Burlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
    • Since Deacons is near Bucks County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia 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 Deacons

Communities Also Named Deacons ...

We found one communities that are also named Deacons.

Within New Jersey, the name Deacons is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Menominee 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 Deacons [Menominee County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Deacons ...

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.

  • Beverly
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Beverly is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
  • Chambers Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Chambers Corners is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Corners
  • Edgewater Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgewater Park is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
  • Florence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Florence is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Florence Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Florence Station is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Station
  • Maple Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Maple Beach is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
  • Maple Shade
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Maple Shade is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
  • Martins Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Martins Beach is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Beach
  • Meadowbrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Mount Holly
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Holly is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • Orchard View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Orchard View is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard View
  • Pennypacker Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pennypacker Park is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypacker Park
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Rockdale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rockdale is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
    • Sharp
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sharp is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
    • Sharper
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Sharper is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharper
    • Skin Corner
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Skin Corner is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skin Corner
    • Twin Hill Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Hill Park is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Hill Park
    • Unionville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Unionville is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Winder Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Winder Village is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winder Village
    • Woodlane
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodlane is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlane

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Deacons and extending to:

  • Mount Holly, which is the Seat of Burlington County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Deacons to Trenton, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 141 miles [226.9 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 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,756 miles [9,263.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,461 miles [10,398 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,338 miles [6,981.3 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Deacons 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Deacons) 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 Deacons 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 Deacons. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0379, Longitude: -74.8274       In this case, the coordinates for Deacons have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.497 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.037 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.314 degrees.