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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 Ferry Road Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ferry Road Manor 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 Ferry Road Manor:
- 40.253442, -74.804329
- 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 Ferry Road Manor
- 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 Ferry Road Manor 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 Ferry Road Manor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ferry Road Manor ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Tavern is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Tavern
- Birch Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Birch Valley is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Valley
- Bucktoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bucktoe is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktoe
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Elderberry Pond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elderberry Pond is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderberry Pond
- Fairless Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harts Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harts Corner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Corner
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Holly Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Holly Hill is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
- Lewisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lewisville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Maple Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Point is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Point
- Princessville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Princessville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princessville
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Quaker Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Quaker Gardens is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gardens
- Slackwoods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Slackwoods is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackwoods
- Thornridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Thornridge is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornridge
- Wheat Sheaf
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wheat Sheaf is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Sheaf
- White Horse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Horse is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- Will O Wood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Will O Wood is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will O Wood
- Woodside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodside is located in Bucks County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Ferry Road Manor 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 community such as Ferry Road Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ferry Road Manor and extending to:
- Trenton, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies just to the southeast (SE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 151 miles [243 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Ferry Road Manor to White House, with an average speed<3>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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,746 miles [9,247.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,452 miles [10,383.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,329 miles [6,966.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Ferry Road Manor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Ferry Road Manor 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 Ferry Road Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2534, Longitude: -74.8043 In this case, the coordinates for Ferry Road Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.463 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.033 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.211 degrees. |
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