Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Kendall Park:
  • 40.420939, -74.560711
  • 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 Kendall Park

• 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
  • Since Kendall Park is near Somerset County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Kendall Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kendall Park ...

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.

• Black Horse
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Black Horse is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
• Clyde
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Clyde is located in Somerset County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
• Cottageville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cottageville is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
• Fresh Ponds
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Fresh Ponds is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Ponds
• Little Rocky Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Rocky Hill is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rocky Hill
• Maple Meade
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Maple Meade is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Meade
• Middlebush
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Middlebush is located in Somerset County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebush
• Patricks Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Patricks Corners is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricks Corners
• Pleasant Plains
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Pleasant Plains is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
• Red Lion
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Red Lion is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
• Sixmile Run
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sixmile Run is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Run
• Sunset Hill Garden
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Sunset Hill Garden is located in Somerset County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hill Garden
• Ten Mile Run
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Ten Mile Run is located in Middlesex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile Run

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

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

• New Brunswick, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Kendall Park to Trenton, with an average speed<2> 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.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 168 miles [270.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,729 miles [9,219.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,435 miles [10,356.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,312 miles [6,939.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'