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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 Locustwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Locustwood 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 Locustwood:
    • 39.924280, -75.028226
    • 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 Locustwood
  • 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 Camden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
    • Since Locustwood is near Burlington County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia 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 Locustwood

Communities Also Named Locustwood ...

We found two communities that are also named Locustwood.

Within New Jersey, the name Locustwood is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Locustwood [Nassau County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Locustwood [Montgomery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Locustwood ...

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.

  • Cherry Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cherry Hill is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Cherry Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherry Valley is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
  • Deer Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Deer Park is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
  • Deerwoods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Deerwoods is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwoods
  • Delaware Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Delaware Gardens is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Gardens
  • Fellowship
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Fellowship is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
  • Fork Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Fork Landing is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Landing
  • Golden Triangle
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Golden Triangle is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Triangle
  • Greenhaven
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Greenhaven is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaven
  • Iron Rock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Iron Rock is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Rock
  • Jordantown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jordantown is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordantown
  • Maple Shade
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Maple Shade is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
  • Meadowbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Snow Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Snow Hill is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Locustwood and extending to:

  • Camden, which is the Seat of Camden County, lies just to the West.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Locustwood to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 128 miles [206 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,769 miles [9,284.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,351 miles [7,002.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Locustwood 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 '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- Locustwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Locustwood 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 Locustwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9243, Longitude: -75.0282       In this case, the coordinates for Locustwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.626 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.165 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.448 degrees.