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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 Flemington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flemington 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 Flemington:
- 40.512166, -74.859104
- 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 Flemington
- 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 Hunterdon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
- Since Flemington is near Somerset County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Flemington
Communities Also Named Flemington ...
We found six communities that are also named Flemington.
Within New Jersey, the name Flemington is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Marion County
- This Flemington is located in Marion County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Flemington that is located in Hunterdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Flemington.
- Georgia
- Liberty County
- This Flemington is located in Liberty County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the southwest of the Flemington that is located in Hunterdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Flemington.
- Illinois
- Edgar County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Flemington [Edgar County].
- Missouri
- Polk County
- This Flemington is located in Polk County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<1> to the west of the Flemington that is located in Hunterdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Flemington.
- Pennsylvania
- Clinton County
- This Flemington is located in Clinton County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Flemington that is located in Hunterdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Flemington.
- West Virginia
- Taylor County
- This Flemington is located in Taylor County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Flemington that is located in Hunterdon County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Flemington.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flemington ...
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.
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Cherryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cloverhill is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverhill
- Copper Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Darts Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Darts Mills is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darts Mills
- Gary Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gary Corner is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Corner
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Point Breeze
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Point Breeze is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
- Quakertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Three Bridges
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Three Bridges is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Bridges
- Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Unionville is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Flemington 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 Flemington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Flemington and extending to:
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Flemington to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 160 miles [257.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,738 miles [9,234.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,445 miles [10,372.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,321 miles [6,954 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Flemington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Flemington could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 Flemington 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 Flemington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5122, Longitude: -74.8591 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.47 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.083 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.123 degrees. |
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