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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 Reevytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Reevytown 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 Reevytown:
    • 40.240668, -74.104863
    • 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 Reevytown
  • 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 Reevytown is near Ocean County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Reevytown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Reevytown ...

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.

  • Cold Indian Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Cold Indian Springs is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Indian Springs
  • Colts Neck
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Colts Neck is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colts Neck
  • Cooks Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cooks Mills is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mills
  • Deal Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Deal Park is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deal Park
  • Dogs Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dogs Corners is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogs Corners
  • Green Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Green Grove is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
  • Ocean Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ocean Grove is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove
  • Shacks Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Shacks Corner is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shacks Corner
  • Shark River Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Shark River Hills is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shark River Hills
  • Wayside
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Wayside is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside

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

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

  • Freehold, which is the Seat of Monmouth County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Reevytown to Freehold, with an average speed<2> 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 34 miles [54.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 181 miles [291.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,717 miles [9,200.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,421 miles [10,333.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,298 miles [6,917 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Reevytown) 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 Reevytown 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 Reevytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2407, Longitude: -74.1049       In this case, the coordinates for Reevytown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.051 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.564 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.917 degrees.