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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 Lower Longwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lower Longwood and the surrounding area.
- 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 Lower Longwood:
- 40.964821, -74.564603
- 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 Lower Longwood
- 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 Morris County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morris County
- Since Lower Longwood is near Sussex County and also Passaic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic 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 Lower Longwood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lower Longwood ...
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.
- Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
- Edison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Edison is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Green Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Lake is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Green Pond
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Pond is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
- Hibernia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hibernia is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Hilltown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hilltown is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown
- Lake Arrowhead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Arrowhead is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
- Lake Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Junction is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Junction
- Lake Mohawk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Mohawk is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohawk
- Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Landing is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landing
- Lyonsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lyonsville is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Mount Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Point Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Point Pleasant is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Rockaway Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rockaway Valley is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Valley
- Roseville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Roseville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Russia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Russia is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
- Silver Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Spicertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spicertown is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicertown
How Far From Lower Longwood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lower Longwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Lower Longwood and extending to:
- Morristown, which is the Seat of Morris County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lower Longwood to Morristown, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 5,707 miles [9,184.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,415 miles [10,323.9 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>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lower Longwood) 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 Lower Longwood 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 Lower Longwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9648, Longitude: -74.5646 In this case, the coordinates for Lower Longwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.249 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.905 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.795 degrees. |
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