Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fort Hancock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Hancock and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fort Hancock
- 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 Fort Hancock:
- 40.463997, -74.002639
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Fort Hancock
- 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 Monmouth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
- Since Fort Hancock is near Queens County and also Kings County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Queens County
- eBird sighting report for Kings 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fort Hancock ...
We found two communities that share the name Fort Hancock.
Within New Jersey, the name Fort Hancock is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- El Paso County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Fort Hancock [El Paso County].
- Hudspeth County
- This Fort Hancock is located in Hudspeth County and lies 1,878 miles [3,022.3 km]<2> to the west of the Fort Hancock that is located in Monmouth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hudspeth County community of Fort Hancock.
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Hancock ...
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.
- Breezy Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Point
- Breezy Point is located in Queens County (NY)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Breezy Point <3>
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Monmouth County
- Chapel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chapel Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County
- Coney Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Coney Island is located in Kings County (NY)
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Leonardo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Leonardville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonardville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardville
- Leonardville is located in Monmouth County
- Little Silver Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Silver Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Silver Point
- Little Silver Point is located in Monmouth County
- Locust
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Oceanic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Red Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Rockaway Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockaway Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Point
- Rockaway Point is located in Queens County (NY)
- Stone Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Church have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Stone Church is located in Monmouth County
- Town Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Brook
- Town Brook is located in Monmouth County
- Waterwitch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterwitch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch
- Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County
- Oceanic
How Far From Fort Hancock to ...
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 Fort Hancock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fort Hancock and extending to:
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Fort Hancock to Trenton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 194 miles [312.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,704 miles [9,179.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,408 miles [10,312.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,285 miles [6,896 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fort Hancock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Monmouth County: www.co.monmouth.nj.us/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Fort Hancock 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. |
| <2> | 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- Fort Hancock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Hancock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4640, Longitude: -74.0026 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Hancock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Fort Hancock to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.967 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.506 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.774 degrees. |