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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 Lanes Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lanes Mills 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 Lanes Mills:
    • 40.091226, -74.152641
    • 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 Lanes Mills
  • 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 Ocean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean County
    • Since Lanes Mills is near Monmouth County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Lanes Mills

Communities Also Named Lanes Mills ...

We found one communities that are also named Lanes Mills.

Within New Jersey, the name Lanes Mills is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named Lanes Mills in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Jefferson County
      • This Lanes Mills is located in Jefferson County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lanes Mills that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Lanes Mills.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lanes Mills ...

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.

  • Bricktown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Bricktown is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricktown
  • Cedar Bridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Bridge is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bridge
  • Cherry Quay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cherry Quay is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Quay
  • Coventry Square
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Coventry Square is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Square
  • Greenville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Greenville is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Herbertsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Herbertsville is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbertsville
  • Holiday City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Holiday City is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
  • Maxim
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Maxim is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
  • Pine Terrace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Pine Terrace is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Terrace
  • Ramtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Ramtown is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramtown
  • Seven Stars
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Seven Stars is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
  • Spruce Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Spruce Gardens is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Gardens

How Far From Lanes Mills 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 Lanes Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lanes Mills to Toms River, with an average speed<2> 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 33 miles [53.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 174 miles [280 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving 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 5,725 miles [9,213.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,306 miles [6,929.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

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- Lanes Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Lanes Mills 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 Lanes Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0912, Longitude: -74.1526       In this case, the coordinates for Lanes Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.094 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.59 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.003 degrees.