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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 Pleasantview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pleasantview 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 Pleasantview:
    • 40.477604, -74.655436
    • 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 Pleasantview
  • 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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
    • Since Pleasantview is near Hunterdon County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon 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 Pleasantview

Communities Also Named Pleasantview ...

We found four communities that are also named Pleasantview.

Within New Jersey, the name Pleasantview is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Muscogee County
      • This Pleasantview is located in Muscogee County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pleasantview that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Pleasantview.
    • Idaho
      • Oneida County
      • This Pleasantview is located in Oneida County and lies 1,941 miles [3,123.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pleasantview that is located in Somerset County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Pleasantview.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Pleasantview lies 1,122 miles [1,805.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pleasantview that is located in Somerset County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Beaver County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Pleasantview [Beaver County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pleasantview ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Cloverhill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cloverhill is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverhill
  • Dutchtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Dutchtown is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
  • Flagtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Flagtown is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagtown
  • Little Rocky Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Rocky Hill is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rocky Hill
  • Middlebush
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Middlebush is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebush
  • Milltown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Milltown is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Plainville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Plainville is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
  • Pleasant Plains
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Plains is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
  • Rock Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rock Mill is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mill
  • Skillman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Skillman is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillman
  • Stoutsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Stoutsburg is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Sunset Hill Garden
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunset Hill Garden is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hill Garden
    • Ten Mile Run
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ten Mile Run is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile Run
    • Woods Tavern
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Woods Tavern is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Tavern
    • Zion
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Zion is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

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

  • Somerville, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Pleasantview to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 167 miles [268.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,731 miles [9,223.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,437 miles [10,359.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,314 miles [6,942.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Pleasantview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pleasantview 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.
<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 Pleasantview 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 Pleasantview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4776, Longitude: -74.6554       In this case, the coordinates for Pleasantview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.353 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.944 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.05 degrees.