Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Madison Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Madison Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Madison Hill
- 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 Madison Hill:
- 40.611214, -74.308759
- 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 Madison Hill
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Madison Hill is near Middlesex County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Madison Hill ...
We found two communities that share the name Madison Hill.
Within New Jersey, the name Madison Hill is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Jefferson 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 Colorado community of Madison Hill [Jefferson County].
- Ohio
- Wayne County
- This Madison Hill is located in Wayne County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<2> to the west of the Madison Hill that is located in Union County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Madison Hill.
- Colorado
Curious and Interesting Names Near Madison Hill ...
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.
- Barber
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Chrome
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Clara Barton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clara Barton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara Barton
- Clara Barton is located in Middlesex County
- Clark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Edgar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Elizabeth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Elizabeth is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128,382 people
- Elizabethport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethport
- Elizabethport is located in Union County
- Fords
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Gulfport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Hopelawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Liberty Square
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Square have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Square
- Liberty Square is located in Union County
- Milltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Continue List (11 more) ...
- Netherwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Netherwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherwood
- Netherwood is located in Union County
- Oak Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Old Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Potters
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters
- Potters is located in Middlesex County
- Pumptown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Sand Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hills
- Sand Hills is located in Middlesex County
- Scotch Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotch Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Plains
- Scotch Plains is located in Union County
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union is located in Union County
- Union Square
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Square have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Square
- Union Square is located in Union County
- Unionburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Valentine
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Netherwood
How Far From Madison Hill 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 Madison Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Madison Hill and extending to:
- Elizabeth, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 35 miles [56.3 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Madison Hill to Trenton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 186 miles [299.3 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 11 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,711 miles [9,191 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,417 miles [10,327.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,293 miles [6,908.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Madison Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Union County: www.unioncountynj.org/
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 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 Madison Hill 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- Madison Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Madison Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6112, Longitude: -74.3088 In this case, the coordinates for Madison Hill 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 Madison Hill 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 306.133 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.717 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.841 degrees. |