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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 New Bridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Bridge 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 New Bridge:
    • 40.916766, -74.028195
    • 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 New Bridge
  • 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 Bergen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bergen County
    • Since New Bridge is near Hudson County and also Passaic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hudson 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 New Bridge

Communities Also Named New Bridge ...

We found six communities that are also named New Bridge.

Within New Jersey, the name New Bridge is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Hall County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of New Bridge.
      • Lumpkin County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of New Bridge [Lumpkin County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This New Bridge lies 1,103 miles [1,775.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the New Bridge that is located in Bergen County.
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of New Bridge [Buncombe County].
    • Oregon
      • Baker County
      • This New Bridge is located in Baker County and lies 2,175 miles [3,500.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the New Bridge that is located in Bergen County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of New Bridge.
      • Union County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of New Bridge [Union County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Bridge ...

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.

  • Cherry Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cherry Hill is located in Bergen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Hackensack
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Hackensack is located in Bergen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
  • High Bridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • High Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
  • Ho-Ho-Kus
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ho-Ho-Kus is located in Bergen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ho-Ho-Kus
  • Kings Bridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge
  • Kings Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kings Woods is located in Bergen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Woods
  • Lake View
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Lake View is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Lincoln
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lincoln is located in Westchester County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
  • Park Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Park Hill is located in Westchester County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • River Vale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • River Vale is located in Bergen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Vale
    • Saddle Brook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Saddle Brook is located in Bergen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Brook
    • Teaneck
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Teaneck is located in Bergen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaneck
    • Twombly Landing
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Twombly Landing is located in Bergen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twombly Landing
    • University Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • University Heights is located in Bronx County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
    • Yonkers
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Yonkers is located in Westchester County (NY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200,040 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yonkers <4>

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

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

  • Hackensack, which is the Seat of Bergen County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from New Bridge to Trenton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 211 miles [339.6 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 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,686 miles [9,150.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,393 miles [10,288.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,270 miles [6,871.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 New Bridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- New Bridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 New Bridge 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 New Bridge 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 New Bridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9168, Longitude: -74.0282       In this case, the coordinates for New Bridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.934 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.541 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.582 degrees.