Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Pullentown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pullentown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Pullentown

• 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 Pullentown:
  • 40.172334, -74.547654
  • 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 Pullentown

• 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 Pullentown is near Mercer County and also Burlington 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 Burlington 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 Pullentown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pullentown ...

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.

• Cream Ridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
• Kirbys Mills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Kirbys Mills is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbys Mills
• Pages Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pages Corner is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
• Prospertown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
• Red Valley
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Red Valley is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Valley
• Robbinsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Robbinsville is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbinsville
• Robinsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Robinsville is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsville
• Spring Mill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Spring Mill is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
• Stone Tavern
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Stone Tavern is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Tavern

How Far From Pullentown to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Pullentown and extending to:

• Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pullentown 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 11 miles [17.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 159 miles [255.9 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 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,739 miles [9,236 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,443 miles [10,369 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,320 miles [6,952.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'