Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in North Hackensack, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Hackensack and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for North Hackensack

• 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 North Hackensack:
  • 40.914821, -74.038473
  • 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 North Hackensack

• 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 North Hackensack is near Passaic County and also Hudson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hudson 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 North Hackensack

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Hackensack ...

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 north)
  • 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
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County (NY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge
• Kings Woods
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kings Woods is located in Bergen County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Woods
• Lake View
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lake View is located in Passaic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
• 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
• 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
  (3 miles [4.8 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
  (7 miles [11.3 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
  (7 miles [11.3 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 <1>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Hackensack and extending to:

• Hackensack, which is the Seat of Bergen County, lies just to the South.
• Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from North Hackensack to Trenton, with an average speed<3> 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,687 miles [9,152.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,394 miles [10,290.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• 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).<7>'