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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 Little Rocky Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Rocky Hill 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 Little Rocky Hill:
    • 40.397606, -74.588767
    • 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 Little Rocky Hill
  • 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 Little Rocky Hill 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 Little Rocky Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Rocky Hill ...

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
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Black Horse is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
  • Cedar Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Cottageville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cottageville is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
  • Dutchtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dutchtown is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
  • Fresh Ponds
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Fresh Ponds is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Ponds
  • Grovers Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Grovers Mill is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovers Mill
  • Maple Meade
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Maple Meade is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Meade
  • Patricks Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Patricks Corners is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricks Corners
  • Plainville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Plainville is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
  • Pleasant Plains
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Plains is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
  • Pleasantview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasantview is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantview
  • Red Lion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Lion is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Sixmile Run
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sixmile Run is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Run
    • Skillman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Skillman is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillman
    • Sunset Hill Garden
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • 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 northeast)
      • Ten Mile Run is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile Run

How Far From Little Rocky Hill 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 Little Rocky Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • New Brunswick, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Little Rocky Hill to New Brunswick, 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 15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 166 miles [267.2 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 5,731 miles [9,223.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,437 miles [10,359.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,314 miles [6,942.7 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 from Point A (ie- Little Rocky Hill) 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 Little Rocky Hill 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 Little Rocky Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3976, Longitude: -74.5888       In this case, the coordinates for Little Rocky Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.321 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.895 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.056 degrees.