Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Gardiners Landing:
  • 39.625118, -74.639879
  • 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 Gardiners Landing

• 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 Burlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
  • Since Gardiners Landing is near Atlantic County and also Camden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Atlantic County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden 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 Gardiners Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gardiners Landing ...

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.

• Bulltown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Bulltown is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulltown
• Charcoal Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Charcoal Landing is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charcoal Landing
• Egg Harbor City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Egg Harbor City is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egg Harbor City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,057 people
• Green Bank
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Green Bank is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bank
• Herman
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Herman is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
• Magnolia
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Magnolia is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
• Maxwell
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Maxwell is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
• Pleasant Mills
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Mills is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Mills
• Rockwood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockwood is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
• Sweetwater
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Sweetwater is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater

How Far From Gardiners Landing 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 Gardiners Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Mount Holly, which is the Seat of Burlington County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gardiners Landing to Mount Holly, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
• Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 41 miles [66 km] to the north (N). 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 137 miles [220.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,765 miles [9,277.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,345 miles [6,992.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'