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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 Low Moor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Low Moor 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 Low Moor:
    • 40.349832, -73.973471
    • 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 Low Moor
  • 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 Low Moor is near Queens County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Queens County
    • Open the 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Low Moor

Communities Also Named Low Moor ...

We found three communities that are also named Low Moor.

Within New Jersey, the name Low Moor is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Clinton County
      • This Low Moor is located in Clinton County and lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Low Moor that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Low Moor.
    • Michigan
      • Marquette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Low Moor [Marquette County].
    • Virginia
      • Alleghany County
      • This Low Moor is located in Alleghany County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Low Moor that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Low Moor.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Low Moor ...

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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Dogs Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dogs Corners is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogs Corners
  • Leonardo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Leonardo is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardo
  • Leonardville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Leonardville is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardville
  • Little Silver Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Little Silver Point is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Silver Point
  • Locust
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Locust is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
  • Long Branch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,210 people
  • Oceanic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Oceanic is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanic
  • Sands Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sands Point is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands Point
  • Stone Church
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Stone Church is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
  • Waterwitch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Low Moor and extending to:

  • Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Low Moor to Freehold, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 42 miles [67.6 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 191 miles [307.4 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<4> 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).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,411 miles [10,317.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,288 miles [6,900.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Low Moor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Low Moor 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.
<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 Low Moor 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 Low Moor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3498, Longitude: -73.9735       In this case, the coordinates for Low Moor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.962 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.482 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.812 degrees.