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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 Jones Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jones Mill 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 Jones Mill:
    • 39.321226, -74.941006
    • 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 Jones Mill
  • 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Jones Mill is near Atlantic County and also Cape May County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Atlantic County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cape May 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 Jones Mill

Communities Also Named Jones Mill ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Jones Mill.

There is one other community in New Jersey that is also named Jones Mill.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New Jersey ...
    • Burlington County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Burlington County and lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Jones Mill that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Jones Mill.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chambers County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Chambers County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Jones Mill.
    • Arkansas
      • Hot Spring 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 Arkansas community of Jones Mill [Hot Spring County].
      • Lafayette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Jones Mill [Lafayette County].
    • Georgia
      • Fannin 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 Georgia community of Jones Mill [Fannin County].
      • Gilmer County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jones Mill [Gilmer County].
    • Kentucky
      • Clinton County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Clinton County and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Jones Mill.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Aroostook County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Jones Mill that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Jones Mill.
    • Mississippi
      • Harrison County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Harrison County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Jones Mill.
    • North Carolina
      • Cherokee County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Cherokee County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Jones Mill.
    • Tennessee
      • Henry County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Henry County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the west of the Jones Mill that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Jones Mill.
    • Virginia
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Jones Mill is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the southwest of the Jones Mill that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Jones Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jones Mill ...

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.

  • Clayville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Clayville is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville
  • Dennisville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dennisville is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennisville
  • Dividing Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
  • Dividing Creek Station
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Dorothy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dorothy is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
  • Hunters Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hunters Mill is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Mill
  • Leamings Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Leamings Mill is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leamings Mill
  • Leesburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Leesburg is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
  • Marshallville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Marshallville is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville
  • New Italy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • New Italy is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Italy
  • Shell Pile
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Shell Pile is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Pile
  • Steelmantown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Steelmantown is located in Cape May County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelmantown
  • Turkey Point Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Turkey Point Corner is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point Corner

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

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

  • Bridgeton, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Jones Mill to Bridgeton, 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 62 miles [99.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 116 miles [186.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,790 miles [9,318.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,492 miles [10,447.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,370 miles [7,032.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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- Jones Mill) 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 Jones Mill 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 Jones Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Jones Mill 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 Jones Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3212, Longitude: -74.9410       In this case, the coordinates for Jones Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.628 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.072 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.666 degrees.