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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 Herberts Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Herberts Corner 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 Herberts Corner:
    • 40.330943, -74.260701
    • 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 Herberts Corner
  • 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 Monmouth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
    • Since Herberts Corner is near Middlesex County and also Ocean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean 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 Herberts Corner

Communities Also Named Herberts Corner ...

We found two communities that are also named Herberts Corner.

There is one other community in New Jersey that is also named Herberts Corner.

Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named Herberts Corner in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New Jersey ...
    • Middlesex 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 New Jersey community of Herberts Corner [Middlesex County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Chesapeake City
      • This Herberts Corner is located in Chesapeake City and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Herberts Corner that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesapeake City community of Herberts Corner.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Herberts Corner ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerville is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Cheesequake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cheesequake is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheesequake
  • Colts Neck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Colts Neck is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colts Neck
  • Everett
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Everett is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Freehold
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Freehold is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freehold
  • Gordons Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Gordons Corner is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordons Corner
  • Mechanicsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • Mount Pleasant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Red Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Hill is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
  • Robertsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Robertsville is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
  • Shacks Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Shacks Corner is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shacks Corner
  • Smocks Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Smocks Corners is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smocks Corners
  • Spring Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Spring Valley is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Texas
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Texas is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas

How Far From Herberts Corner to ...

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

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

  • Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies just to the South.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Herberts Corner to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 177 miles [284.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over 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 5,720 miles [9,205.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,302 miles [6,923.4 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 Herberts Corner 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- Herberts Corner) 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 Herberts Corner 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 Herberts Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3309, Longitude: -74.2607       In this case, the coordinates for Herberts Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.134 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.673 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.944 degrees.