Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Monmouth Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monmouth Hills and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Monmouth Hills

• 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 Monmouth Hills:
  • 40.403165, -74.001805
  • 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 Monmouth Hills

• 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 Monmouth Hills is near Queens County and also Richmond 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 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:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Monmouth Hills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Monmouth Hills ...

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
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Chapel Hill is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
• Leonardo
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Leonardo is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardo
• Leonardville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Leonardville is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardville
• Little Silver Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Little Silver Point is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Silver Point
• Locust
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Locust is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
• Oceanic
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Oceanic is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanic
• Sands Point
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sands Point is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands Point
• Stone Church
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Stone Church is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
• Town Brook
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Town Brook is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Brook
• Waterwitch
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Waterwitch is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterwitch

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Monmouth Hills and extending to:

• Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Monmouth Hills to Freehold, with an average speed<2> 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 41 miles [66 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,706 miles [9,182.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,411 miles [10,317.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• 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).<6>'