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 Durham:
40.784823, -74.032918
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.
We found four communities that share the name New Durham.
There is one other community in New Jersey which is also named New Durham.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In New Jersey ...
Middlesex County
This New Durham is located in Middlesex County and lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the New Durham that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of New Durham.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
New Durham #1
This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=40.784823&lon=-74.032918&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for New Durham.
New Hampshire
Strafford County
This New Durham is located in Strafford County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the New Durham that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Strafford County community of New Durham.
Ontario
This New Durham lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Durham that is located in Hudson County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Durham ...
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.
Chinatown (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chinatown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
University Village is located in New York County (NY)
How Far From New Durham 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 Durham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Durham and extending to:
Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from New Durham to Trenton, with an average speed<4> 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 over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 205 miles [329.9 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 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,692 miles [9,160.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,275 miles [6,879.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- New Durham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Durham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7848, Longitude: -74.0329 In this case, the coordinates for New Durham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<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 New Durham to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.951 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.539 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.643 degrees.