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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 Lake Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Junction 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 Lake Junction:
    • 40.905377, -74.600715
    • 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 Lake Junction
  • 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 Morris County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morris County
    • Since Lake Junction is near Sussex County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Lake Junction

Communities Also Named Lake Junction ...

We found eight communities that are also named Lake Junction.

Within New Jersey, the name Lake Junction is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Lake Junction [Gunnison County].
    • Michigan
      • Benzie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lake Junction [Benzie County].
      • Houghton 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 Michigan community of Lake Junction [Houghton County].
      • Lake 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 Michigan community of Lake Junction [Lake County].
      • Leelanau 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 Michigan community of Lake Junction [Leelanau County].
    • Missouri
      • Buchanan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Lake Junction [Buchanan County].
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Lake Junction is located in Saint Louis County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<2> to the west of the Lake Junction that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Lake Junction.
    • Ohio
      • Medina County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Medina County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Lake Junction.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Junction ...

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.

  • Dover
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dover is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
  • Hilltown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hilltown is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown
  • Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Landing is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landing
  • Ledgewood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ledgewood is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgewood
  • Lower Longwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lower Longwood is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Longwood
  • Mount Hope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Hope is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Point Pleasant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Point Pleasant is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
  • Silver Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Silver Springs is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
  • Spicertown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Spicertown is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicertown
  • Union Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Union Hill is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill

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

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

  • Morristown, which is the Seat of Morris County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Junction to Morristown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 47 miles [75.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 189 miles [304.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,711 miles [9,191 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,419 miles [10,330.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,295 miles [6,912.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lake Junction 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lake Junction, 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 Lake Junction 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 Lake Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9054, Longitude: -74.6007       In this case, the coordinates for Lake Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.277 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.927 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.838 degrees.