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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 Larisons Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Larisons Corners 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 Larisons Corners:
    • 40.441387, -74.85661
    • 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 Larisons Corners
  • 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 Hunterdon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
    • Since Larisons Corners is near Mercer County and also Somerset County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset 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 Larisons Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Larisons Corners ...

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.

  • Cloverhill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cloverhill is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverhill
  • Copper Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Darts Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Darts Mills is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darts Mills
  • Locktown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshalls Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marshalls Corner is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Corner
  • Rock Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rock Mill is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mill
  • Rocktown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Rocktown is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocktown
  • Sand Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sandy Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Sandy Ridge is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
  • Sergeantsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Three Bridges
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Three Bridges is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Bridges
  • Unionville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Unionville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
  • Zion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Zion is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Larisons Corners to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Larisons Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Flemington, which is the Seat of Hunterdon County, lies just to the North.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Larisons Corners 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 157 miles [252.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,741 miles [9,239.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,447 miles [10,375.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,324 miles [6,958.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Larisons Corners) 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 Larisons Corners 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 Larisons Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4414, Longitude: -74.8566    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.476 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.077 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.153 degrees.