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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 Floral Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Floral Hill 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 Floral Hill:
    • 40.729545, -74.405985
    • 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 Floral Hill
  • 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 Morris County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morris County
    • Since Floral Hill is near Union County and also Essex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex 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 Floral Hill

Communities Also Named Floral Hill ...

We found one communities that are also named Floral Hill.

Within New Jersey, the name Floral Hill is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named Floral Hill in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Wilkes County
      • This Floral Hill is located in Wilkes County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Floral Hill that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Floral Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Floral Hill ...

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.

  • Birch Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Birch Hills is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Hills
  • Free Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Free Acres is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Acres
  • Green Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Green Village is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
  • Hickory Tree
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hickory Tree is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Tree
  • Long Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Long Hill is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill
  • Milltown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Milltown is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Overlook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Overlook is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
  • Pleasant Plains
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Plains is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
  • Pleasantville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pleasantville is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rosedale Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Rosedale Village is located in Morris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village
    • Scotch Plains
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Scotch Plains is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Plains
    • Short Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Short Hills is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Hills
    • Stony Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Stony Hill is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
    • Union Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Village is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
    • Woodland Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodland Park is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Floral Hill and extending to:

  • Morristown, which is the Seat of Morris County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Floral Hill 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 188 miles [302.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,710 miles [9,189.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,417 miles [10,327.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,293 miles [6,908.9 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- Floral Hill) 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 Floral Hill 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 Floral Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7295, Longitude: -74.4060       In this case, the coordinates for Floral Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.179 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.788 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.83 degrees.