Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Little Silver Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Silver Point and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Little Silver Point

• 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 Silver Point:
  • 40.335666, -74.028750
  • 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 Silver Point

• 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 Monmouth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
  • Since Little Silver Point is near Middlesex County and also Ocean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean 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 Silver Point

Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Silver Point ...

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.

• Chapel Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
• Cooks Mills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cooks Mills is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
• Deal Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Deal Park is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal Park
• Dogs Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Dogs Corners is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogs Corners
• Leonardo
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Leonardo is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardo
• Leonardville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Leonardville is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardville
• Locust
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Locust is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
• Long Branch
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,210 people
• Oceanic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Oceanic is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanic
• Sands Point
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Sands Point is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands Point
• Stone Church
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Stone Church is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
• Town Brook
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Town Brook is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Brook
• Waterwitch
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch
• Wayside
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wayside is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside

How Far From Little Silver Point 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 Little Silver Point 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 Silver Point and extending to:

• Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Little Silver Point to Freehold, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
• Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 39 miles [62.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 188 miles [302.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,710 miles [9,189.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,291 miles [6,905.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'