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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 Princeton Meadows, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Princeton Meadows 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 Princeton Meadows:
- 40.331654, -74.558309
- 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 Princeton Meadows
- 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Since Princeton Meadows is near Mercer County and also Monmouth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth 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 Princeton Meadows
Curious and Interesting Names Near Princeton Meadows ...
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.
- Black Horse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Horse is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
- Clarksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clarksville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clearbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clearbrook is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
- Cottageville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cottageville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
- Dutch Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Neck is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Neck
- Edinburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grovers Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Grovers Mill is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovers Mill
- Half Acre
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Half Acre is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Acre
- Hickory Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hickory Corner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corner
- Jamesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Little Rocky Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Little Rocky Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rocky Hill
- Locust Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Locust Corner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Corner
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Post Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Post Corner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Corner
- Ten Mile Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ten Mile Run is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile Run
- Twin Rivers
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Union Valley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
How Far From Princeton Meadows 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 Princeton Meadows to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Princeton Meadows and extending to:
- New Brunswick, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Princeton Meadows to New Brunswick, with an average speed<2> 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 13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 164 miles [263.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,733 miles [9,226.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,315 miles [6,944.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Princeton Meadows) 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 Princeton Meadows 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 Princeton Meadows. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3317, Longitude: -74.5583 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.31 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.872 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.071 degrees. |
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