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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 Montville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Montville 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 Montville:
- 40.915032, -74.384128
- 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 Montville
- 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 Montville 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 Montville
Communities Also Named Montville ...
We found six communities that are also named Montville.
Within New Jersey, the name Montville is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Costilla 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 Montville [Costilla County].
- Connecticut
- New London 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 Connecticut community of Montville [New London County].
- Maine
- Waldo County
- This Montville is located in Waldo County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Montville that is located in Morris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Montville.
- Massachusetts
- Berkshire County
- This Montville is located in Berkshire County and lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the northeast of the Montville that is located in Morris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Montville.
- New York
- Cayuga County
- This Montville is located in Cayuga County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Montville that is located in Morris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Montville.
- Ohio
- Geauga County
- This Montville is located in Geauga County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<2> to the west of the Montville that is located in Morris County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Geauga County community of Montville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Montville ...
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.
- Birch Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Birch Hills is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Hills
- Butler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fox Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fox Hill is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Green Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Lake is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Green Pond Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Green Pond Junction is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond Junction
- Hibernia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Arrowhead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Arrowhead is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
- Littleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lyonsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mountain View is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Packanack Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Packanack Lake is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packanack Lake
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Powerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rockaway Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rockaway Valley is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Valley
- Smoke Rise
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Smoke Rise is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Rise
- Two Bridges
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Two Bridges is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Bridges
- Union Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
How Far From Montville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Montville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Montville and extending to:
- Morristown, which is the Seat of Morris County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Montville to Morristown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 51 miles [82.1 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 most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 197 miles [317 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving 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 5,701 miles [9,174.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,409 miles [10,314.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,285 miles [6,896 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Montville 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 '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- Montville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Montville 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 Montville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9150, Longitude: -74.3841 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.147 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.781 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.738 degrees. |
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