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 Ross Corner:
41.120372, -74.713104
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 Ross Corner
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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found five communities that are also named Ross Corner.
Within New Jersey, the name Ross Corner is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, .
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Imperial County
This Ross Corner is located in Imperial County and lies 2,253 miles [3,625.9 km]<1> to the west of the Ross Corner that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Imperial County community of Ross Corner.
Maine
York County
This Ross Corner is located in York County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ross Corner that is located in Sussex County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Ross Corner.
New Brunswick
This Ross Corner lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ross Corner that is located in Sussex County.
Nova Scotia
This Ross Corner lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Ross Corner that is located in Sussex County.
Prince Edward Island
This Ross Corner lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ross Corner that is located in Sussex County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ross Corner ...
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.
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 Ross Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ross Corner and extending to:
Newton, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies just to the South Southwest.
Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Ross Corner to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 196 miles [315.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,707 miles [9,184.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,292 miles [6,907.3 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ross Corner) 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 Ross Corner 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 Ross Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1204, Longitude: -74.7131
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.322 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.012 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.792 degrees.