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 Evergreen Shores:
40.004840, -74.137362
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 Evergreen Shores
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:
We found three communities that are also named Evergreen Shores.
Within New Jersey, the name Evergreen Shores is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Michigan
Mackinac County
This Evergreen Shores is located in Mackinac County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Evergreen Shores that is located in Ocean County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mackinac County community of Evergreen Shores.
Schoolcraft County
This Evergreen Shores is located in Schoolcraft County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km] to the northwest of the Evergreen Shores that is located in Ocean County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schoolcraft County community of Evergreen Shores.
Virginia
York County
This Evergreen Shores is located in York County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Evergreen Shores that is located in Ocean County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Evergreen Shores.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Evergreen Shores ...
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.
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 Evergreen Shores to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Evergreen Shores and extending to:
Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Evergreen Shores to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 172 miles [276.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,728 miles [9,218.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,308 miles [6,933.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Evergreen Shores) 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 Evergreen Shores 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 Evergreen Shores. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0048, Longitude: -74.1374 In this case, the coordinates for Evergreen Shores have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.094 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.575 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.034 degrees.