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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 Hampton Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hampton Junction 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 Hampton Junction:
    • 40.711211, -74.952670
    • 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 Hampton Junction
  • 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 Hunterdon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
    • Since Hampton Junction is near Warren County and also Morris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morris 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 Hampton Junction

Communities Also Named Hampton Junction ...

We found one communities that are also named Hampton Junction.

Within New Jersey, the name Hampton Junction is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named Hampton Junction in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Upshur 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 West Virginia community of Hampton Junction [Upshur County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hampton Junction ...

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.

  • Anthony
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Anthony is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Bells Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bells Crossing is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossing
  • Brass Castle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Brass Castle is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brass Castle
  • Butler Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Butler Park is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Park
  • Changewater
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Changewater is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Changewater
  • Clarksville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Clarksville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
  • Hensfoot
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hensfoot is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensfoot
  • Little Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Little Brook is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Brook
  • Mariannes Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mariannes Corner is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariannes Corner
  • Pierce Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pierce Heights is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Heights
  • Red Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Red Mill is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
  • Spruce Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Spruce Run is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Run
  • Union
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Union is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Valley is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley

How Far From Hampton Junction 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 Hampton Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hampton Junction and extending to:

  • Flemington, which is the Seat of Hunterdon County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hampton Junction to Flemington, 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 35 miles [56.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 167 miles [268.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,734 miles [9,228 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,442 miles [10,367.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,318 miles [6,949.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 Hampton Junction 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hampton Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hampton Junction 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 Hampton Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7112, Longitude: -74.9527       In this case, the coordinates for Hampton Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.507 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.156 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.077 degrees.