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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 Rahway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rahway 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 Rahway:
- 40.605769, -74.288726
- 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 Rahway
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Rahway is near Middlesex County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Rahway
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rahway ...
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.
- Barber
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Barber is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Bulls Head
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bulls Head is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Head
- Chrome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chrome is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome
- Clara Barton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clara Barton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara Barton
- Clark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crane Square
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crane Square is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Square
- Edgar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elizabeth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethport is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethport
- Fords
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fords is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords
- Fresh Kills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fresh Kills is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Kills
- Greenridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenridge is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Gulfport
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gulfport is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulfport
- Harbor Terrace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harbor Terrace is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Terrace
- Heartland Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Heartland Village is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village
- Hopelawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Liberty Square
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Square is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Square
- Milltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Milltown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Netherwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Netherwood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherwood
- Oak Tree
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Tree is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree
- Old Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Place is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Place
- Pleasant Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Richmond County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Potters
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pumptown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sand Hills is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hills
- Scotch Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scotch Plains is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Plains
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Square
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Square is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Square
- Unionburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Unionburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionburg
- Valentine
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Valentine is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
How Far From Rahway 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 city such as Rahway to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rahway and extending to:
- Elizabeth, which is the Seat of Union County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Rahway to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 187 miles [300.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,293 miles [6,908.9 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- Rahway) 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 Rahway 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 Rahway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6058, Longitude: -74.2887 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.122 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.704 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.834 degrees. |
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