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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 Green Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green Lake 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 Green Lake:
    • 41.000931, -74.479600
    • 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 Green Lake
  • 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 Green Lake is near Passaic County and also Sussex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex 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 Green Lake

Communities Also Named Green Lake ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Green Lake.

Within New Jersey, the name Green Lake is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eight are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Green Lake lies 2,301 miles [3,703.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Green Lake that is located in Morris County.
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • This Green Lake is located in Hancock County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Green Lake that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Green Lake.
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Michigan
      • Allegan County
      • This Green Lake is located in Allegan County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Green Lake that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegan County community of Green Lake.
      • Grand Traverse County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Green Lake [Grand Traverse County].
    • Minnesota
      • Kandiyohi County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Green Lake [Kandiyohi County].
    • Ontario
      • This Green Lake lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Green Lake that is located in Morris County.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Green Lake lies 1,776 miles [2,858.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Green Lake that is located in Morris County.
    • Texas
      • Calhoun County
      • This Green Lake is located in Calhoun County and lies 1,523 miles [2,451 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Green Lake that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Green Lake.
    • Utah
      • Daggett County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Green Lake [Daggett County].
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Green Lake is located in King County and lies 2,368 miles [3,810.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Green Lake that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Green Lake.
    • Wisconsin
      • Green Lake County
      • This Green Lake is located in Green Lake County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Green Lake that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Green Lake County community of Green Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Green Lake ...

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.

  • Charlotteburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Charlotteburg is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotteburg
  • Echo Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Echo Lake is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
  • Edison
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Edison is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
  • Green Pond
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Green Pond is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
  • Green Pond Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Pond Junction is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond Junction
  • Hibernia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Hibernia is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
  • Hilltown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hilltown is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown
  • Holland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Holland is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Lower Longwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lower Longwood is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Longwood
  • Lyonsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lyonsville is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
  • Mount Hope
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Hope is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Postville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Postville is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postville
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Powerville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Powerville is located in Morris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powerville
    • Rockaway Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Rockaway Valley is located in Morris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Valley
    • Russia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Russia is located in Morris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
    • Smoke Rise
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Smoke Rise is located in Morris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise

How Far From Green Lake 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 Green Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Morristown, which is the Seat of Morris County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Green Lake to Morristown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 55 miles [88.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 198 miles [318.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,702 miles [9,176.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,410 miles [10,315.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,286 miles [6,897.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Green Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Green Lake 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Green Lake 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 Green Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0009, Longitude: -74.4796       In this case, the coordinates for Green Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.195 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.849 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.742 degrees.