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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 Sharon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Sharon 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 Sharon:
    • 39.808447, -75.128787
    • 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 Sharon
  • 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 Gloucester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester County
    • Since New Sharon is near Camden County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia 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 Sharon

Communities Also Named New Sharon ...

We found six communities that are also named New Sharon.

There are two communities within New Jersey that are also named New Sharon.

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

  • Communities Located In New Jersey ...
    • Mercer 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 New Jersey community of New Sharon [Mercer County].
    • Monmouth County
      • This New Sharon is located in Monmouth County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<2> to the northeast of the New Sharon that is located in Gloucester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of New Sharon.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Madison County
      • This New Sharon is located in Madison County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the New Sharon that is located in Gloucester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of New Sharon.
    • Iowa
      • Mahaska County
      • This New Sharon is located in Mahaska County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the New Sharon that is located in Gloucester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahaska County community of New Sharon.
    • Kansas
      • New Sharon #1
      • 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 Kansas community of New Sharon.
    • Maine
      • Franklin County
      • This New Sharon is located in Franklin County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the New Sharon that is located in Gloucester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of New Sharon.

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Sharon ...

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.

  • Centre City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Centre City is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre City
  • Chews
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chews is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chews
  • Garden City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Garden City is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Gardenville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Gardenville is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville
  • Gardenville Center
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Gardenville Center is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville Center
  • Good Intent
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Good Intent is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Intent
  • Green Tree
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Tree is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
  • Green-Fields
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Green-Fields is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green-Fields
  • Hilltop
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hilltop is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Leonards
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Leonards is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonards
  • Mechanicsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • Riverwinds
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverwinds is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwinds
  • Sunset Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Sunset Beach is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach

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

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

  • Woodbury, which is the Seat of Gloucester County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from New Sharon to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 119 miles [191.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,778 miles [9,298.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,483 miles [10,433.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,360 miles [7,016.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 New Sharon 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 'straight-line' (or 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- New Sharon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 New Sharon 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 Sharon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8084, Longitude: -75.1288       In this case, the coordinates for New Sharon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.696 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.226 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.54 degrees.