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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 East Orange, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Orange 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 East Orange:
    • 40.767364, -74.206415
    • 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 East Orange
  • 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 Essex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
    • Since East Orange is near Hudson County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hudson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 East Orange

Communities Also Named East Orange ...

We found one communities that are also named East Orange.

Within New Jersey, the name East Orange is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Vermont
      • Orange County
      • This East Orange is located in Orange County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the East Orange that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of East Orange.

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Orange ...

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.

  • Ampere
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Ampere is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ampere
  • Cedar Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Crane Square
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Crane Square is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Square
  • Hillside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Kingsland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingsland is located in Bergen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
  • Maplewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Nutley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Orange
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Roseville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Roseville is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
  • Short Hills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Short Hills is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Hills
  • Union
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Unionburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Unionburg is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionburg
  • Wyoming
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wyoming is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming

How Far From East Orange 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 city such as East Orange to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Newark, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from East Orange to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 197 miles [317 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,700 miles [9,173.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,406 miles [10,309.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,283 miles [6,892.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Orange) 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 East Orange 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 East Orange. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7674, Longitude: -74.2064    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.056 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.655 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.727 degrees.