Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Fresh Ponds, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fresh Ponds and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Fresh Ponds

• 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 Fresh Ponds:
  • 40.405384, -74.465708
  • 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 Fresh Ponds

• 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
  • Since Fresh Ponds 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 Fresh Ponds

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fresh Ponds ...

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.

• Black Horse
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Horse is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
• Cottageville
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Cottageville is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
• Herberts
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Herberts is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herberts
• Jamesburg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jamesburg is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
• Jamesburg Gardens
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jamesburg Gardens is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg Gardens
• Jamesburg Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jamesburg Park is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg Park
• Maple Meade
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Maple Meade is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Meade
• Patricks Corners
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Patricks Corners is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricks Corners
• Red Lion
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Red Lion is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
• Sixmile Run
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Sixmile Run is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Run
• Tanners Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Tanners Corners is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Corners

How Far From Fresh Ponds 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 Fresh Ponds to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Fresh Ponds and extending to:

• New Brunswick, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the North.
• Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Fresh Ponds to Trenton, with an average speed<2> 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 6 hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 171 miles [275.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,726 miles [9,215.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,308 miles [6,933.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'