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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 Lyndhurst, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lyndhurst 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 Lyndhurst:
    • 40.812045, -74.124310
    • 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 Lyndhurst
  • 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 Bergen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bergen County
    • Since Lyndhurst is near Essex County and also Passaic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex 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 Lyndhurst

Communities Also Named Lyndhurst ...

We found five communities that are also named Lyndhurst.

Within New Jersey, the name Lyndhurst is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Cuyahoga County
      • This Lyndhurst is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<1> to the west of the Lyndhurst that is located in Bergen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Lyndhurst.
    • Ontario
      • This Lyndhurst lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lyndhurst that is located in Bergen County.
    • South Carolina
      • Barnwell 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 South Carolina community of Lyndhurst [Barnwell County].
    • Virginia
      • Augusta County
      • This Lyndhurst is located in Augusta County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<1> to the southwest of the Lyndhurst that is located in Bergen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Augusta County community of Lyndhurst.
    • Wisconsin
      • Shawano County
      • This Lyndhurst is located in Shawano County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lyndhurst that is located in Bergen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawano County community of Lyndhurst.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lyndhurst ...

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.

  • Ampere
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ampere is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ampere
  • Cedar Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Great Notch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Great Notch is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Notch
  • Hackensack
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hackensack is located in Bergen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
  • Kingsland
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Kingsland is located in Bergen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
  • Lake View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Lake View is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Little Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Falls is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
  • Marion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Marion is located in Hudson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Meadow Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadow Village is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
  • Nutley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Nutley is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutley
  • Orange
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Roseville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Roseville is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
  • Saddle Brook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Saddle Brook is located in Bergen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Brook
  • Union City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Union City is located in Hudson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people

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

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

  • Hackensack, which is the Seat of Bergen County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Lyndhurst to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 203 miles [326.7 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,695 miles [9,165.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,401 miles [10,301.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,278 miles [6,884.8 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lyndhurst) 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 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 Lyndhurst 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 Lyndhurst 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 Lyndhurst. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8120, Longitude: -74.1243       In this case, the coordinates for Lyndhurst have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.003 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.602 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.671 degrees.