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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 Red Oak Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Red Oak Grove 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 Red Oak Grove:
- 39.835396, -74.409315
- 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 Red Oak Grove
- 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 Ocean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean County
- Since Red Oak Grove is near Burlington County and also Atlantic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Atlantic 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 Red Oak Grove
Communities Also Named Red Oak Grove ...
We found one communities that are also named Red Oak Grove.
Within New Jersey, the name Red Oak Grove is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named Red Oak Grove in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Charlotte 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 Virginia community of Red Oak Grove [Charlotte County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Red Oak Grove ...
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.
- Bullock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bullock is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
- Butlers Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Butlers Place is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Place
- Cedar Crest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Crest is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Dukes Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dukes Bridge is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes Bridge
- Howardsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Howardsville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
- Jones Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Mill is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
- Lacey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lacey is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
- Wheatland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wheatland is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
How Far From Red Oak Grove 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 Red Oak Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Red Oak Grove and extending to:
- Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Red Oak Grove to Toms River, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 32 miles [51.5 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 154 miles [247.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,746 miles [9,247.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,449 miles [10,378.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,327 miles [6,963.6 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 Red Oak Grove 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 from Point A (ie- Red Oak Grove) 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 Red Oak Grove 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 Red Oak Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8354, Longitude: -74.4093 In this case, the coordinates for Red Oak Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.27 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.748 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.223 degrees. |
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