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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 Ramblewood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ramblewood and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Ramblewood:
    • 39.928724, -74.943778
    • 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 Ramblewood
  • 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 Burlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
    • Since Ramblewood is near Camden County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia 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 Ramblewood

Communities Also Named Ramblewood ...

We found nine communities that are also named Ramblewood.

Within New Jersey, the name Ramblewood is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Ramblewood [New Castle County].
    • Indiana
      • LaGrange County
      • This Ramblewood is located in LaGrange County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ramblewood that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Ramblewood.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore City
      • This Ramblewood is located in Baltimore City and lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Ramblewood that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Ramblewood.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Ramblewood is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Ramblewood that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Ramblewood.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Ramblewood is located in Berks County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ramblewood that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Ramblewood.
      • Centre County
      • This Ramblewood is located in Centre County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km] to the west northwest of the Ramblewood that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Ramblewood.
      • York County
      • This Ramblewood is located in York County and lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the west of the Ramblewood that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Ramblewood.
    • Tennessee
      • Washington County
      • This Ramblewood is located in Washington County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Ramblewood that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Ramblewood.
    • Virginia
      • Petersburg City
      • This Ramblewood is located in Petersburg City and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Ramblewood that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Petersburg City community of Ramblewood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ramblewood ...

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.

  • Cherry Downs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cherry Downs is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Downs
  • Cherry Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Cherry Valley is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
  • Deer Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Deer Park is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
  • Deerwoods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Deerwoods is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerwoods
  • Fellowship
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Fellowship is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
  • Greenhaven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Greenhaven is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaven
  • Greentree
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Greentree is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree
  • Greentree Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Greentree Village is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree Village
  • Heritage Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Heritage Village is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
  • Locust Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Locust Grove is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
  • Maple Shade
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Maple Shade is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
  • Texas
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Texas is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
  • Woodstream
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Woodstream is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstream

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ramblewood and extending to:

  • Mount Holly, which is the Seat of Burlington County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ramblewood to Mount Holly, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 22 miles [35.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 132 miles [212.4 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 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,765 miles [9,277.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,470 miles [10,412.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,347 miles [6,995.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Ramblewood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ramblewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Ramblewood 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 Ramblewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9287, Longitude: -74.9438       In this case, the coordinates for Ramblewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.576 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.109 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.41 degrees.