Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Quaker Gardens:
  • 40.251498, -74.683492
  • 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 Quaker Gardens

• 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 Mercer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer County
  • Since Quaker Gardens is near Monmouth County and also Burlington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth 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 Quaker Gardens

Curious and Interesting Names Near Quaker Gardens ...

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.

• Clarksville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Clarksville is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
• Dutch Neck
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Dutch Neck is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Neck
• Edinburg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Edinburg is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
• Golden Crest
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Golden Crest is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Crest
• Grovers Mill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Grovers Mill is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovers Mill
• Groveville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Groveville is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
• Hillcrest
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hillcrest is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
• Lewisville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lewisville is located in Mercer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
• Pages Corner
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pages Corner is located in Monmouth County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Parsonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Parsonville is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonville
  • Post Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Post Corner is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Corner
  • Princessville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Princessville is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princessville
  • Robbinsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Robbinsville is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbinsville
  • Slackwoods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Slackwoods is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slackwoods
  • White Horse
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • White Horse is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse

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

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

• Trenton, which is the Seat of Mercer County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Quaker Gardens to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,741 miles [9,239.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,447 miles [10,375.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,323 miles [6,957.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'