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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 Earle, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Earle 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 Earle:
    • 40.225390, -74.140142
    • 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 Earle
  • 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 Earle is near Ocean County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean 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 Earle

Communities Also Named Earle ...

We found seven communities that are also named Earle.

Within New Jersey, the name Earle is unique.

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

In addition to the above occurrences of Earle, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden County
      • This Earle is located in Crittenden County and lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Earle that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crittenden County community of Earle.
    • Indiana
      • Vanderburgh County
      • This Earle is located in Vanderburgh County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<1> to the west of the Earle that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vanderburgh County community of Earle.
    • Montana
      • Beaverhead County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Earle [Beaverhead County].
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Earle [Aiken County].
      • Williamsburg County
      • This Earle is located in Williamsburg County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Earle that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Earle.
    • Texas
      • Bexar County
      • This Earle is located in Bexar County and lies 1,567 miles [2,521.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Earle that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Earle.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • England
      • Distance: 3,335 miles [5,367.2 km]<1> to the northeast
      • Open a Google Map centered on Earle

Curious and Interesting Names Near Earle ...

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.

  • Bergerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bergerville is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergerville
  • Cold Indian Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Cold Indian Springs is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Indian Springs
  • Colts Neck
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Colts Neck is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colts Neck
  • Cooks Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Cooks Mills is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
  • Dogs Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dogs Corners is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogs Corners
  • Green Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Green Grove is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
  • Land of Pines
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Land of Pines is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Pines
  • Maxim
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Maxim is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
  • Shacks Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Shacks Corner is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shacks Corner
  • Shark River Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Shark River Hills is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shark River Hills
  • Wayside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Wayside is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside

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

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

  • Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could walk a straight line from Earle to Trenton, with an average speed<4> 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 179 miles [288.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,719 miles [9,203.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,300 miles [6,920.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Earle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Earle 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Earle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Earle 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 Earle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2254, Longitude: -74.1401       In this case, the coordinates for Earle have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.073 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.587 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.939 degrees.