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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 Maple Meade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maple Meade 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 Maple Meade:
- 40.443758, -74.475922
- 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 Maple Meade
- 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Since Maple Meade is near Somerset County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Maple Meade
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maple Meade ...
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.
- Black Horse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Black Horse is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
- Clyde
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clyde is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Cottageville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cottageville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
- Fresh Ponds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fresh Ponds is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Ponds
- Herberts
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Herberts is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herberts
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Park is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Patricks Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Red Lion
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Red Lion is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Sixmile Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sixmile Run is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Run
How Far From Maple Meade 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 Maple Meade to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Maple Meade and extending to:
- New Brunswick, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Maple Meade to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day 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 172 miles [276.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,724 miles [9,211.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,307 miles [6,931.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maple Meade) 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 Maple Meade 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 Maple Meade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4438, Longitude: -74.4759 In this case, the coordinates for Maple Meade have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.25 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.822 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.987 degrees. |
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