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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 Mount Horeb, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Horeb 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 Mount Horeb:
    • 40.618436, -74.561545
    • 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 Mount Horeb
  • 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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
    • Since Mount Horeb is near Morris County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morris County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Mount Horeb

Communities Also Named Mount Horeb ...

We found four communities that are also named Mount Horeb.

Within New Jersey, the name Mount Horeb is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Covington County
      • This Mount Horeb is located in Covington County and lies 1,041 miles [1,675.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount Horeb that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Mount Horeb.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Mount Horeb.
    • Tennessee
      • Jefferson County
      • This Mount Horeb is located in Jefferson County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount Horeb that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Mount Horeb.
    • Wisconsin
      • Dane County
      • This Mount Horeb is located in Dane County and lies 796 miles [1,281 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount Horeb that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Mount Horeb.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Horeb ...

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.

  • Chimney Rock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Chimney Rock is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Rock
  • Coontown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Coontown is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coontown
  • Fieldville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fieldville is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldville
  • Grandview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Grandview is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Green Knoll
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Knoll is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Knoll
  • Liberty Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Liberty Corner is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corner
  • Lyons
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lyons is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
  • Martinsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Martinsville is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Pill Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pill Hill is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pill Hill
  • Possumtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Possumtown is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumtown
  • Round Top
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Round Top is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top

How Far From Mount Horeb to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mount Horeb to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Somerville, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Mount Horeb to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 177 miles [284.9 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 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,721 miles [9,207.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,304 miles [6,926.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Horeb) 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 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 Mount Horeb 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 Mount Horeb 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 Mount Horeb. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6184, Longitude: -74.5615       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Horeb have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.283 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.887 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.947 degrees.