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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 Rowland Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rowland Mills 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 Rowland Mills:
- 40.556770, -74.853776
- 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 Rowland Mills
- 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 Hunterdon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
- Since Rowland Mills is near Somerset County and also Bucks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks 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 Rowland Mills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rowland Mills ...
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.
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Cherryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cherryville is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryville
- Cloverhill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverhill is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverhill
- Copper Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Copper Hill is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
- Darts Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Darts Mills is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darts Mills
- Franklin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Gary Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gary Corner is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Corner
- Kingtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingtown is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingtown
- Littletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Littletown is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littletown
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Run is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Point Breeze
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Point Breeze is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Potterstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Potterstown is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterstown
- Quakertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Quakertown is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quakertown
- Sand Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Brook is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Brook
- Sunnyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Three Bridges
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Three Bridges is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Bridges
- Whitehouse Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehouse Station is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Station
How Far From Rowland Mills to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rowland Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rowland Mills and extending to:
- Flemington, which is the Seat of Hunterdon County, lies just to the South.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Rowland Mills to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 162 miles [260.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,736 miles [9,231.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,443 miles [10,369 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,319 miles [6,950.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rowland Mills) 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 Rowland Mills 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 Rowland Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5568, Longitude: -74.8538 In this case, the coordinates for Rowland Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.463 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.081 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.101 degrees. |
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