Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hockamik, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hockamik and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hockamik

• 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 Hockamik:
  • 40.036503, -74.546543
  • 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 Hockamik

• 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 Burlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
  • Since Hockamik is near Ocean County and also Monmouth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth 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 Hockamik

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hockamik ...

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.

• Comical Corners
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Comical Corners is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comical Corners
• Cookstown
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Cookstown is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookstown
• Cream Ridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
• Georgetown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Georgetown is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
• Jacobstown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobstown
• Jobstown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jobstown is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobstown
• Kirbys Mills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Kirbys Mills is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbys Mills
• Lewistown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lewistown is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
• Magnolia
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Magnolia is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
• Mount Misery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Mount Misery is located in Burlington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Misery
• New Egypt
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • New Egypt is located in Ocean County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Egypt
• Prospertown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hockamik and extending to:

• Mount Holly, which is the Seat of Burlington County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hockamik to Mount Holly, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 154 miles [247.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,744 miles [9,244.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,448 miles [10,377.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,325 miles [6,960.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'