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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 Haskell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haskell and the surrounding area.
- 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 Haskell:
- 41.030130, -74.296250
- 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 Haskell
- 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 Passaic County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic County
- Since Haskell is near Morris County and also Bergen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morris County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bergen 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 Haskell
Communities Also Named Haskell ...
We found eight communities that are also named Haskell.
Within New Jersey, the name Haskell is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Saline County
- This Haskell is located in Saline County and lies 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Haskell that is located in Passaic County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Haskell.
- Florida
- Polk 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 Florida community of Haskell [Polk County].
- Indiana
- LaPorte County
- This Haskell is located in LaPorte County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<1> to the west of the Haskell that is located in Passaic County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Haskell.
- Montana
- Granite County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Haskell [Granite County].
- Oklahoma
- Muskogee County
- This Haskell is located in Muskogee County and lies 1,207 miles [1,942.5 km]<1> to the west of the Haskell that is located in Passaic County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskogee County community of Haskell.
- Texas
- El Paso 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 Texas community of Haskell [El Paso County].
- Haskell County
- This Haskell is located in Haskell County and lies 1,495 miles [2,406 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Haskell that is located in Passaic County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haskell County community of Haskell.
- Virginia
- Washington County
- This Haskell is located in Washington County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Haskell that is located in Passaic County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Haskell.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Haskell ...
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.
- Butler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Charlotteburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Charlotteburg is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotteburg
- Crystal Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lake is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Echo Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Echo Lake is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
- Fardale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fardale is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fardale
- Green Pond Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Green Pond Junction is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond Junction
- Monks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Monks is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monks
- Mountain View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mountain View is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Packanack Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Packanack Lake is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packanack Lake
- Postville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Postville is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postville
- Preakness
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Skylands
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Skylands is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylands
- Smoke Rise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smoke Rise is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Stonetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Stonetown is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonetown
How Far From Haskell 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 Haskell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Haskell and extending to:
- Paterson, which is the Seat of Passaic County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Haskell to Paterson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 60 miles [96.6 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 about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 206 miles [331.5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,693 miles [9,162 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,401 miles [10,301.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,277 miles [6,883.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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- Haskell) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Haskell 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Haskell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Haskell 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 Haskell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0301, Longitude: -74.2963 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.082 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.726 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.648 degrees. |
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