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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pleasantview
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pleasantview ...
We found four communities that share the name Pleasantview.
Within New Jersey, the name Pleasantview is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another four communities that are located throughout 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].
- Georgia
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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Centerville is located in Hunterdon County
- Cloverhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverhill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverhill
- Cloverhill is located in Hunterdon County
- Dutchtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Flagtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Little Rocky Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Rocky Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rocky Hill
- Little Rocky Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Middlebush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebush
- Middlebush is located in Somerset County
- Milltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Plainville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Plainville is located in Somerset County
- Pleasant Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Pleasant Plains is located in Middlesex County
- Rock Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Skillman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillman
- Skillman is located in Somerset County
- Stoutsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoutsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Stoutsburg is located in Mercer County
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Sunset Hill Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Hill Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hill Garden
- Sunset Hill Garden is located in Somerset County
- Ten Mile Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ten Mile Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile Run
- Ten Mile Run is located in Middlesex County
- Woods Tavern
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Tavern have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Tavern
- Woods Tavern is located in Somerset County
- Zion
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Hill Garden
How Far From Pleasantview 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 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:
- 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<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pleasantview. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Somerset County: www.co.somerset.nj.us/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasantview) to Point B.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). |
| <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 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 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Pleasantview to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.353 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.944 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.05 degrees. |