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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 Roebling, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roebling 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 Roebling:
    • 40.115517, -74.790221
    • 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 Roebling
  • 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 Roebling is near Bucks County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Roebling

Curious and Interesting Names Near Roebling ...

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.

  • Birch Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Birch Valley is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Valley
  • Columbus
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Crabtree Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Crabtree Hollow is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Hollow
  • Dogwood Hollow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dogwood Hollow is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Hollow
  • Elderberry Pond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Elderberry Pond is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elderberry Pond
  • Florence
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Florence Station
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Florence Station is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Station
  • Goldenridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Goldenridge is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldenridge
  • Holly Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Holly Hill is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Hill
  • Indian Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Creek is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
  • Maple Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Maple Beach is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
  • Margo Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Margo Gardens is located in Bucks County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margo Gardens
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Oaktree Hollow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Oaktree Hollow is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaktree Hollow
    • Red Cedar Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Red Cedar Hill is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cedar Hill
    • Rockdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Rockdale is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
    • Sharp
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sharp is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
    • Thornridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Violet Wood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Violet Wood is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Wood
    • Wheat Sheaf
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Will O Wood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Will O Wood is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will O Wood
    • Winder Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Winder Village is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winder Village
    • Yellowood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Yellowood is located in Bucks County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowood

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

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

  • Mount Holly, which is the Seat of Burlington County, lies just to the South.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Roebling to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,751 miles [9,255.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,333 miles [6,973.3 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- Roebling) 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 Roebling 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 Roebling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1155, Longitude: -74.7902    
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.468 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.016 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.265 degrees.