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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 Joy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Joy 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 Joy:
    • 40.587045, -75.186842
    • 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 Joy
  • 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 Hunterdon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
    • Since Mount Joy is near Warren County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks 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 Joy

Communities Also Named Mount Joy ...

We found ten communities that are also named Mount Joy.

Within New Jersey, the name Mount Joy is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Sussex County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the south of the Mount Joy that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Mount Joy.
    • Iowa
      • Scott County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Scott County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<1> to the west of the Mount Joy that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Mount Joy.
    • Ohio
      • Scioto County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Scioto County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount Joy that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Mount Joy.
    • 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 Joy.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Clearfield County and lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mount Joy that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Mount Joy.
      • Lancaster County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Lancaster County and lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the west southwest of the Mount Joy that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Mount Joy.
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Westmoreland County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km] to the west of the Mount Joy that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Mount Joy.
    • South Carolina
      • Union County
      • 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 South Carolina community of Mount Joy [Union County].
    • Tennessee
      • Maury County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Maury County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount Joy that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Mount Joy.
    • Texas
      • Delta County
      • This Mount Joy is located in Delta County and lies 1,224 miles [1,969.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mount Joy that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Mount Joy.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Joy ...

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.

  • Amsterdam
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Amsterdam is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
  • Carpentersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Carpentersville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpentersville
  • Coffeetown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Coffeetown is located in Northampton County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeetown
  • Ferndale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Ferndale is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Finesville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Finesville is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finesville
  • Gallows Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Gallows Hill is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallows Hill
  • Holland
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Holland is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Hughesville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hughesville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
  • Narrowsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Narrowsville is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrowsville
  • Spring Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Spring Mills is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
  • Springtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Springtown is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
  • Upper Black Eddy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)

How Far From Mount Joy 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 Joy to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Flemington, which is the Seat of Hunterdon County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Joy to Flemington, with an average speed<4> 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 33 miles [53.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 152 miles [244.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,749 miles [9,252.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,457 miles [10,391.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,333 miles [6,973.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Mount Joy) 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 Joy 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Mount Joy 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 Joy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5870, Longitude: -75.1868       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Joy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.659 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.307 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.233 degrees.