Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Irvington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Irvington and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Irvington
- 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 Irvington:
- 40.732324, -74.234868
- 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 Irvington
- 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 Essex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Essex County
- Since Irvington is near Union County and also Hudson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- eBird sighting report for Hudson 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 Irvington ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Irvington.
Within New Jersey, the name Irvington is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Limestone County
- This Irvington is located in Limestone County and lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Irvington that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Irvington.
- Mobile County
- This Irvington is located in Mobile County and lies 1,053 miles [1,694.6 km] to the southwest of the Irvington that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Irvington.
- California
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Delaware County
- This Irvington is located in Delaware County and lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<1> to the west of the Irvington that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Irvington.
- Marion County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Irvington [Marion County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Nebraska
- New York
- Ohio
- Adams County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Irvington [Adams County].
- Montgomery County
- This Irvington is located in Montgomery County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the west of the Irvington that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Irvington.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Irvington ...
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.
- Ampere
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Crane Square
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crane Square have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Square
- Crane Square is located in Union County
- Hillside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Maplewood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Maplewood is located in Essex County
- Milltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Orange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Orange is located in Essex County
- Roseville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Short Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Short Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Hills
- Short Hills is located in Essex County
- Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union is located in Union County
- Unionburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Wyoming
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
How Far From Irvington 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 Irvington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Irvington and extending to:
- Newark, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies just to the East.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Irvington to Trenton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 195 miles [313.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,703 miles [9,178.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,409 miles [10,314.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,286 miles [6,897.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Irvington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Essex County: www.co.essex.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' (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- Irvington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Irvington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7323, Longitude: -74.2349 In this case, the coordinates for Irvington 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 Irvington 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Irvington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Irvington to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.077 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.673 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.755 degrees. |