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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 Oriental, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oriental 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 Oriental:
    • 39.815672, -74.727103
    • 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 Oriental
  • 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 Burlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
    • Since Oriental is near Camden County and also Atlantic 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 Atlantic 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 Oriental

Communities Also Named Oriental ...

We found six communities that are also named Oriental.

Within New Jersey, the name Oriental is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Glenn 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 California community of Oriental [Glenn County].
    • Nevada
      • Esmeralda County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Esmeralda County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Esmeralda County community of Oriental.
    • New Mexico
      • Eddy County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Eddy County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eddy County community of Oriental.
    • North Carolina
      • Pamlico County
      • This Oriental is located in Pamlico County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Oriental that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pamlico County community of Oriental.
    • Oklahoma
      • Okfuskee County
      • This Oriental is located in Okfuskee County and lies 1,208 miles [1,944.1 km]<3> to the west of the Oriental that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okfuskee County community of Oriental.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Juniata County
      • This Oriental is located in Juniata County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Oriental that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juniata County community of Oriental.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oriental ...

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.

  • Beaverville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Beaverville is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverville
  • Chairville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chairville is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chairville
  • Dutchtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Dutchtown is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
  • Fox Chase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Fox Chase is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
  • High Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • High Crossing is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Crossing
  • Indian Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Indian Mills is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mills
  • Lower Forge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lower Forge is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Forge
  • Oak Shade
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Oak Shade is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shade
  • Pipers Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pipers Corner is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Corner
  • Red Lion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Red Lion is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
  • South Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • South Park is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
  • Tabernacle
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Tabernacle is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle

How Far From Oriental to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Oriental to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Mount Holly, which is the Seat of Burlington County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Oriental to Mount Holly, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 28 miles [45.1 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 138 miles [222.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,464 miles [10,402.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,342 miles [6,987.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 Oriental 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>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 Oriental, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oriental) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Oriental 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 Oriental. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8157, Longitude: -74.7271       In this case, the coordinates for Oriental have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.458 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.958 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.366 degrees.