Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Locust, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Locust and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Locust
- 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 Locust:
- 40.394553, -74.026250
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Locust
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
- Since Locust is near Richmond County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Locust ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Locust.
Within New Jersey, the name Locust is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Carroll County
- This Locust is located in Carroll County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<2> to the west of the Locust that is located in Monmouth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Locust.
- Fleming County
- This Locust is located in Fleming County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km] to the west southwest of the Locust that is located in Monmouth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fleming County community of Locust.
- Missouri
- DeKalb County
- Although located in DeKalb County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Locust.
- Ozark County
- This Locust is located in Ozark County and lies 1,033 miles [1,662.5 km]<2> to the west of the Locust that is located in Monmouth County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ozark County community of Locust.
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Texas
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Locust ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County
- Harmony
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Leonardo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Leonardville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonardville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardville
- Leonardville is located in Monmouth County
- Little Silver Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Silver Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Silver Point
- Little Silver Point is located in Monmouth County
- Oceanic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Red Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Sands Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sands Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands Point
- Sands Point is located in Monmouth County
- Stone Church
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Church have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Stone Church is located in Monmouth County
- Town Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Brook
- Town Brook is located in Monmouth County
- Waterwitch
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterwitch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch
- Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County
How Far From Locust 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 Locust to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Locust and extending to:
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Locust to Trenton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 190 miles [305.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 5,707 miles [9,184.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,412 miles [10,319.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,289 miles [6,902.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Locust. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Monmouth County: www.co.monmouth.nj.us/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Locust 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 '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- Locust) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Locust. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3946, Longitude: -74.0263 In this case, the coordinates for Locust have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Locust to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.989 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.519 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.815 degrees. |