Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Highland Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highland Lake and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Highland Lake
- 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 Highland Lake:
- 41.176762, -74.456545
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Highland Lake
- 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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Since Highland Lake is near Passaic County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Passaic County
- eBird sighting report for Orange 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Highland Lake ...
We found eight communities that share the name Highland Lake.
Within New Jersey, the name Highland Lake is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Blount County
- This Highland Lake is located in Blount County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Highland Lake that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Highland Lake.
- Colorado
- Weld County
- This Highland Lake is located in Weld County and lies 1,592 miles [2,562.1 km]<1> to the west of the Highland Lake that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Highland Lake.
- Illinois
- Lake 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 Illinois community of Highland Lake [Lake County].
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- This Highland Lake is located in Cumberland County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Highland Lake that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Highland Lake.
- Maryland
- Howard County
- This Highland Lake is located in Howard County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Highland Lake that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Highland Lake.
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- This Highland Lake is located in Norfolk County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Highland Lake that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Highland Lake.
- New York
- Sullivan County
- This Highland Lake is located in Sullivan County and lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Highland Lake that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Highland Lake.
- Pennsylvania
- Lycoming 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 Pennsylvania community of Highland Lake [Lycoming County].
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Highland Lake ...
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.
- Beaver Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Beaver Lake is located in Sussex County
- Cooper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Edenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Independence Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Corner
- Independence Corner is located in Sussex County
- Indian Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Park
- Indian Park is located in Orange County (NY)
- Little York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little York have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Little York is located in Orange County (NY)
- Martins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Moe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Postville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Rocky Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Rocky Hill is located in Orange County (NY)
- Sand Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hills
- Sand Hills is located in Sussex County
- Uttertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Willow Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Willow Brook is located in Sussex County
How Far From Highland Lake 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 Highland Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Highland Lake and extending to:
- Newton, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Highland Lake to Newton, 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 five to six hours.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 67 miles [107.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 208 miles [334.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,694 miles [9,163.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,403 miles [10,304.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,279 miles [6,886.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Highland Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sussex County: www.sussex.nj.us/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/
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- Highland Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Highland Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1768, Longitude: -74.4565 In this case, the coordinates for Highland Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Highland Lake 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Highland Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.162 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.841 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.653 degrees. |