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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 English Creek Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to English Creek Landing and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for English Creek Landing
  • 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 English Creek Landing:
    • 39.334838, -74.677938
    • 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 English Creek Landing
  • 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 Atlantic County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Atlantic County
    • Since English Creek Landing is near Monmouth County and also Cape May County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cape May 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 English Creek Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near English Creek Landing ...

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.

  • Bargaintown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bargaintown is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargaintown
  • Cedar Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Springs is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
  • Clarkstown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Clarkstown is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkstown
  • English Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • English Creek is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Creek
  • Gravelly Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Gravelly Run is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Run
  • Greenfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Greenfield is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
  • High Bank Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • High Bank Landing is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bank Landing
  • Marshallville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Marshallville is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville
  • Scullville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Scullville is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scullville
  • Steelman Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Steelman Landing is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelman Landing
  • Steelmanville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Steelmanville is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelmanville

How Far From English Creek Landing to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as English Creek Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in English Creek Landing and extending to:

  • Mays Landing, which is the Seat of Atlantic County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from English Creek Landing to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 129 miles [207.6 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 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,778 miles [9,298.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,480 miles [10,428.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,358 miles [7,013.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- English Creek Landing) 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 English Creek Landing 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 English Creek Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3348, Longitude: -74.6779       In this case, the coordinates for English Creek Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.473 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.899 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.55 degrees.