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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 Fort Hancock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Hancock 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Queens County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Fort Hancock
Communities Also Named Fort Hancock ...
We found two communities that are also named Fort Hancock.
Within New Jersey, the name Fort Hancock is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of two communities that are located 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.
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)
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Chapel Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Coney Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coney Island is located in Kings County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Leonardo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leonardo is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardo
- Leonardville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leonardville is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardville
- Little Silver Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Little Silver Point is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Silver Point
- Locust
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Locust is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Oceanic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oceanic is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanic
- Red Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Red Hill is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Rockaway Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rockaway Point is located in Queens County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Point
- Stone Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stone Church is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Town Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Town Brook is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Brook
- Waterwitch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch
How Far From Fort Hancock 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 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:
- Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Hancock to Freehold, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 194 miles [312.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,285 miles [6,896 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 'point-to-point' 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. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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.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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.967 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.506 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.774 degrees. |
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