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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 Hardwick Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hardwick Center 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 Hardwick Center:
    • 41.008431, -74.948505
    • 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 Hardwick Center
  • 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Since Hardwick Center is near Sussex County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Hardwick Center

Communities Also Named Hardwick Center ...

We found two communities that are also named Hardwick Center.

Within New Jersey, the name Hardwick Center is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester 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 Massachusetts community of Hardwick Center [Worcester County].
    • Vermont
      • Caledonia County
      • This Hardwick Center is located in Caledonia County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Hardwick Center that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caledonia County community of Hardwick Center.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hardwick Center ...

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.

  • Bushkill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ebenezer
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Ebenezer is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
  • Echo Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Echo Lake is located in Monroe County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
  • Flatbrookville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Flatbrookville is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbrookville
  • Hemlock Glen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hemlock Glen is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Glen
  • Hope
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hope is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Huntsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Huntsburg is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
  • Marksboro
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Marksboro is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marksboro
  • Shoemakers
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Shoemakers is located in Monroe County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemakers
  • Spring Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Spring Valley is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Stillwater
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Stillwater is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
  • Turn Villa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Turn Villa is located in Monroe County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turn Villa
  • Vail
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Vail is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
  • Walnut Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut Valley is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Valley

How Far From Hardwick Center to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hardwick Center to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Belvidere, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hardwick Center to Belvidere, with an average speed<4> 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 (S). 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 182 miles [292.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,721 miles [9,207.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • 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).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,306 miles [6,929.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 Hardwick Center 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hardwick Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Hardwick Center 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 Hardwick Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0084, Longitude: -74.9485       In this case, the coordinates for Hardwick Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.475 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.167 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.945 degrees.