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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 Hanover Neck, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hanover Neck 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 Hanover Neck:
    • 40.830694, -74.352392
    • 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 Hanover Neck
  • 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 Hanover Neck is near Essex County and also Passaic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic 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 Hanover Neck

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hanover Neck ...

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.

  • Birch Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Birch Hills is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Hills
  • Cedar Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Floral Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Floral Hill is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Hill
  • Fox Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox Hill is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
  • Franklin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Franklin is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Hickory Tree
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Tree is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Tree
  • Lake Arrowhead
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Arrowhead is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
  • Little Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Littleton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Meadow Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Meadow Village is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
  • Mountain View
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain View is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Orange
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Powerville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosedale Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rosedale Village is located in Morris County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Village
    • Short Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Short Hills is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Hills
    • Two Bridges
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Two Bridges is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Bridges
    • Wyoming
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wyoming is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming

How Far From Hanover Neck 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 Hanover Neck to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Morristown, which is the Seat of Morris County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Hanover Neck to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,703 miles [9,178.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,411 miles [10,317.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,287 miles [6,899.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

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- Hanover Neck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Hanover Neck 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 Hanover Neck. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8307, Longitude: -74.3524       In this case, the coordinates for Hanover Neck have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.137 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.756 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.762 degrees.