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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 Rio Grande, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rio Grande 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 Rio Grande:
- 39.014616, -74.881666
- 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 Rio Grande
- 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 Cape May County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cape May County
- Since Rio Grande is near Sussex County and also Cumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland 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 Rio Grande
Communities Also Named Rio Grande ...
We found four communities that are also named Rio Grande.
Within New Jersey, the name Rio Grande is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Brunswick
- This Rio Grande lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rio Grande that is located in Cape May County.
- New Mexico
- Dona Ana County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Dona Ana County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dona Ana County community of Rio Grande.
- Ohio
- Gallia County
- This Rio Grande is located in Gallia County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the west of the Rio Grande that is located in Cape May County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Rio Grande.
- Texas
- El Paso County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rio Grande [El Paso County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rio Grande ...
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.
- Buck Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Buck Landing is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Landing
- Cold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Diamond Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond Beach is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Beach
- Fishing Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fishing Creek is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishing Creek
- Grassy Sound
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grassy Sound is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Sound
- Green Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Highs Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Highs Beach is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highs Beach
- King Crab Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- King Crab Landing is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Crab Landing
- Mayville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mayville is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Nummytown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Nummytown is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nummytown
- Pierces
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pierces is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces
- Pierces Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pierces Point is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierces Point
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Potato Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Potato Island is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potato Island
- Shellbed Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shellbed Landing is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellbed Landing
- Tabernacle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tabernacle is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Town Bank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Town Bank is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bank
- Wildwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,916 people
- Wildwood Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wildwood Gardens is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Gardens
- Wildwood Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wildwood Junction is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Junction
How Far From Rio Grande 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 Rio Grande to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rio Grande and extending to:
- Cape May, which is the Seat of Cape May County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Rio Grande to Trenton, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 115 miles [185.1 km] to the west (W). Driving would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,501 miles [10,462.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,379 miles [7,047.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Rio Grande) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rio Grande, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Rio Grande 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Rio Grande 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 Rio Grande. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0146, Longitude: -74.8817 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.62 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.015 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.769 degrees. |
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