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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 Ocean Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ocean Grove 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 Ocean Grove:
    • 40.212058, -74.006526
    • 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 Ocean Grove
  • 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 Monmouth County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
    • Since Ocean Grove is near Ocean County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Ocean Grove

Communities Also Named Ocean Grove ...

We found three communities that are also named Ocean Grove.

Within New Jersey, the name Ocean Grove is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • 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 British Columbia community of Ocean Grove.
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol County
      • This Ocean Grove is located in Bristol County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Ocean Grove that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Ocean Grove.
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Ocean Grove is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,506 miles [4,033 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ocean Grove that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Ocean Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ocean Grove ...

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.

  • Cold Indian Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cold Indian Springs is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Indian Springs
  • Cooks Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cooks Mills is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
  • Deal Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Deal Park is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal Park
  • Dogs Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dogs Corners is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogs Corners
  • Green Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Green Grove is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
  • Herbertsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Herbertsville is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbertsville
  • Little Silver Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Little Silver Point is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Silver Point
  • Long Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Long Branch is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,210 people
  • Sands Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Sands Point is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands Point
  • Shark River Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Shark River Hills is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shark River Hills
  • Wayside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Wayside is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside

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

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

  • Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ocean Grove to Freehold, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 39 miles [62.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 185 miles [297.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,714 miles [9,195.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,418 miles [10,328.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,295 miles [6,912.1 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 Ocean Grove 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ocean Grove) 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 Ocean Grove 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 Ocean Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2121, Longitude: -74.0065       In this case, the coordinates for Ocean Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.996 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.498 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.887 degrees.