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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 Eldridge Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eldridge Park 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 Eldridge Park:
- 40.265664, -74.747823
- 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 Eldridge Park
- 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Since Eldridge Park is near Bucks County and also Burlington 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 Burlington 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 Eldridge Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eldridge Park ...
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.
- Bear Tavern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Clarksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Edinburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Golden Crest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Crest is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Crest
- Harts Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harts Corner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Corner
- Hillcrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Lewisville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lewisville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Post Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Post Corner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Corner
- Princessville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Quaker Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Quaker Gardens is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gardens
- Rosedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Slackwoods
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Slackwoods is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackwoods
- White Horse
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Eldridge Park 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 Eldridge Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Eldridge Park and extending to:
- Trenton, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the South.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Eldridge Park to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,743 miles [9,242.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,449 miles [10,378.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,326 miles [6,962 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eldridge Park) 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 Eldridge Park 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 Eldridge Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2657, Longitude: -74.7478 In this case, the coordinates for Eldridge Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.428 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.996 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.182 degrees. |
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