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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 Dover Forge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dover Forge 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 Dover Forge:
    • 39.911596, -74.282001
    • 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 Dover Forge
  • 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 Ocean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean County
    • Since Dover Forge is near Burlington County and also Monmouth 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 Monmouth 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 Dover Forge

Communities Also Named Dover Forge ...

We found one communities that are also named Dover Forge.

There is one other community in New Jersey that is also named Dover Forge.

Beyond New Jersey.

  • Communities Located In New Jersey ...
    • Morris 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 New Jersey community of Dover Forge [Morris County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dover Forge ...

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.

  • Camelot
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Camelot is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
  • Cedar Crest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Crest is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
  • Cranberry Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cranberry Hill is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Hill
  • Crystal Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Crystal Lake is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
  • Double Trouble ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Forked River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Holiday Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Holiday Heights is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Heights
  • Lacey
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lacey is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
  • Maple Shade
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Maple Shade is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
  • River Bank
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • River Bank is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bank
  • Silver Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Ridge is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
  • Suburban Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Suburban Park is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Park
  • Toms River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Dover Forge to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,738 miles [9,234.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,441 miles [10,365.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,318 miles [6,949.1 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 Dover Forge 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dover Forge) 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 Dover Forge 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 Dover Forge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9116, Longitude: -74.2820    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.188 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.667 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.136 degrees.