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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 Extonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Extonville 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 Extonville:
    • 40.143445, -74.598767
    • 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 Extonville
  • 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 Extonville is near Burlington County and also Monmouth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth 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 Extonville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Extonville ...

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.

  • Cookstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cookstown is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookstown
  • Cream Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
  • Georgetown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Georgetown is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Golden Crest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Golden Crest is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Crest
  • Groveville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Groveville is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
  • Jacobstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobstown
  • Kirbys Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Kirbys Mills is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbys Mills
  • Mile Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Mile Hollow is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Hollow
  • New Egypt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • New Egypt is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Egypt
  • Pages Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Pages Corner is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
  • Parsonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Parsonville is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonville
  • Prospertown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Red Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Red Valley is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Valley
    • Robbinsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Robbinsville is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbinsville
    • Spring Mill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Spring Mill is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
    • White Horse
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • White Horse is located in Mercer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse

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

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

  • Trenton, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Extonville to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 155 miles [249.4 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 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,742 miles [9,240.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,447 miles [10,375.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,324 miles [6,958.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Extonville) 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 Extonville 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 Extonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1434, Longitude: -74.5988       In this case, the coordinates for Extonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.352 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.89 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.171 degrees.