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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 Hughesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hughesville 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 Hughesville:
    • 40.621027, -75.155923
    • 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 Hughesville
  • 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 Hughesville is near Warren County and also Northampton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton 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 Hughesville

Communities Also Named Hughesville ...

We found seven communities that are also named Hughesville.

Within New Jersey, the name Hughesville 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 ...
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Hughesville is located in Charles County and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hughesville that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Hughesville.
    • Missouri
      • Pettis County
      • This Hughesville is located in Pettis County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the west of the Hughesville that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pettis County community of Hughesville.
    • Montana
      • Judith Basin County
      • This Hughesville is located in Judith Basin County and lies 1,805 miles [2,904.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hughesville that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Judith Basin County community of Hughesville.
      • Meagher 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 Montana community of Hughesville [Meagher County].
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Hughesville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lycoming County
      • This Hughesville is located in Lycoming County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hughesville that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of Hughesville.
    • Virginia
      • Loudoun County
      • This Hughesville is located in Loudoun County and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hughesville that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Hughesville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hughesville ...

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.

  • Amsterdam
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Amsterdam is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
  • Carpentersville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Carpentersville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpentersville
  • Coffeetown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Coffeetown is located in Northampton County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeetown
  • Finesville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Finesville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finesville
  • Holland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Holland is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Kennedy Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kennedy Mills is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Mills
  • Kennedys
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kennedys is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedys
  • Mount Joy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Joy is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
  • Narrowsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Narrowsville is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrowsville
  • Spring Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Mills is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
  • Springtown
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Springtown is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
  • Still Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Still Valley is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Valley

How Far From Hughesville to ...

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

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

  • Flemington, which is the Seat of Hunterdon County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hughesville to Flemington, with an average speed<3> 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 34 miles [54.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 155 miles [249.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,746 miles [9,247.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,330 miles [6,968.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hughesville) 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 Hughesville 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 Hughesville 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 Hughesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6210, Longitude: -75.1559    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.637 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.288 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.205 degrees.