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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 Higginsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Higginsville 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 Higginsville:
    • 40.510104, -74.788496
    • 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 Higginsville
  • 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 Higginsville is near Somerset County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Higginsville

Communities Also Named Higginsville ...

We found seven communities that are also named Higginsville.

Within New Jersey, the name Higginsville is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Vermilion County
      • This Higginsville is located in Vermilion County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the west of the Higginsville that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Higginsville.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Higginsville is located in Penobscot County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the northeast of the Higginsville that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Higginsville.
    • Missouri
      • Lafayette County
      • This Higginsville is located in Lafayette County and lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km]<1> to the west of the Higginsville that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Higginsville.
    • New York
      • Oneida County
      • This Higginsville is located in Oneida County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Higginsville that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Higginsville.
      • Ulster 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 New York community of Higginsville [Ulster County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • West Virginia
      • Hampshire County
      • This Higginsville is located in Hampshire County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Higginsville that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Higginsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Higginsville ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Cherryville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherryville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryville
  • Cloverhill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cloverhill is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverhill
  • Copper Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Copper Hill is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
  • Darts Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Darts Mills is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darts Mills
  • Dutchtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dutchtown is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
  • Flagtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Flagtown is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagtown
  • Milltown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Milltown is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Plainville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Plainville is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Pleasant Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Pleasant Run is located in Hunterdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
    • Rock Mill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rock Mill is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mill
    • Sunnyside
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunnyside is located in Hunterdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Three Bridges
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Three Bridges is located in Hunterdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Bridges
    • Unionville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Unionville is located in Hunterdon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Zion
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Zion is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

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

  • Flemington, which is the Seat of Hunterdon County, lies just to the West.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Higginsville to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 163 miles [262.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than 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 5,735 miles [9,229.6 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Higginsville) 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 Higginsville 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>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 Higginsville 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 Higginsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5101, Longitude: -74.7885       In this case, the coordinates for Higginsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.429 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.035 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.093 degrees.