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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 Port-au-Peck, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Port-au-Peck and the surrounding area.
- 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 Port-au-Peck:
- 40.315095, -74.008034
- 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 Port-au-Peck
- 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 Port-au-Peck 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 Port-au-Peck
Curious and Interesting Names Near Port-au-Peck ...
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.
- Chapel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cold Indian Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Indian Springs is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Indian Springs
- Cooks Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cooks Mills is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
- Deal Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Deal Park is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal Park
- Dogs Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dogs Corners is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogs Corners
- Green Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Leonardville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Leonardville is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardville
- Little Silver Point
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Little Silver Point is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Silver Point
- Locust
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Locust is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Long Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Oceanic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oceanic is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanic
- Sands Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sands Point is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands Point
- Stone Church
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stone Church is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Waterwitch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wayside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Port-au-Peck 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 Port-au-Peck to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Port-au-Peck and extending to:
- Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Port-au-Peck to Freehold, with an average speed<2> 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 40 miles [64.4 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 188 miles [302.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,710 miles [9,189.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,291 miles [6,905.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Port-au-Peck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Port-au-Peck 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 Port-au-Peck. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3151, Longitude: -74.0080 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.986 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.503 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.842 degrees. |
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