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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 Nelsonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nelsonville 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 Nelsonville:
    • 40.170389, -74.534876
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Nelsonville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Nelsonville ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Nelsonville.

Within New Jersey, the name Nelsonville is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Franklin 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 Alabama community of Nelsonville [Franklin County].
    • Alaska
      • This Nelsonville lies 3,697 miles [5,949.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Nelsonville that is located in Monmouth County.
    • Arkansas
      • Sharp County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Sharp County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<2> to the west of the Nelsonville that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sharp County community of Nelsonville.
    • Kentucky
      • Nelson County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Nelson County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Nelsonville that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Nelsonville.
    • Michigan
      • Schoolcraft 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 Michigan community of Nelsonville [Schoolcraft County].
    • Missouri
      • Marion County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Marion County and lies 911 miles [1,466.1 km]<2> to the west of the Nelsonville that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Nelsonville.
    • New York
      • Putnam County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Putnam County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Nelsonville that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Nelsonville.
    • Ohio
      • Athens County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Athens County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<2> to the west of the Nelsonville that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Nelsonville.
    • Texas
      • Austin County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Austin County and lies 1,416 miles [2,278.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Nelsonville that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Austin County community of Nelsonville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Eau Claire County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Nelsonville [Eau Claire County].
      • Portage County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Portage County and lies 809 miles [1,302 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Nelsonville that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Nelsonville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nelsonville ...

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.

  • Cream Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
    • Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
  • Fair Play
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Play have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
    • Fair Play is located in Monmouth County
  • Kirbys Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirbys Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbys Mills
    • Kirbys Mills is located in Monmouth County
  • Pages Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pages Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
    • Pages Corner is located in Monmouth County
  • Prospertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
    • Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
  • Red Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Valley
    • Red Valley is located in Monmouth County
  • Robbinsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robbinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbinsville
    • Robbinsville is located in Mercer County
  • Robinsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsville
    • Robinsville is located in Monmouth County
  • Spring Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
    • Spring Mill is located in Monmouth County
  • Stone Tavern
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Tavern have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Tavern
    • Stone Tavern is located in Monmouth County

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

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

  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Nelsonville to Trenton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 159 miles [255.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,738 miles [9,234.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,443 miles [10,369 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,320 miles [6,952.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nelsonville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Monmouth County: www.co.monmouth.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Nelsonville 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nelsonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nelsonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1704, Longitude: -74.5349       In this case, the coordinates for Nelsonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Nelsonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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 Nelsonville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.312 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.848 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.132 degrees.




 

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