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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 Saddle Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saddle Brook 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 Saddle Brook:
- 40.903837, -74.105130
- 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 Saddle Brook
- 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 Bergen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bergen County
- Since Saddle Brook is near Passaic County and also Essex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex 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 Saddle Brook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saddle Brook ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cherry Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cherry Hill is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Great Notch
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Great Notch is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Notch
- Hackensack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ho-Ho-Kus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kingsland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kingsland is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
- Lake View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lake View is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Little Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadow Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Meadow Village is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Nutley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Preakness
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- River Vale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- River Vale is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Vale
- Teaneck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
How Far From Saddle Brook 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 Saddle Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Saddle Brook and extending to:
- Hackensack, which is the Seat of Bergen County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Saddle Brook 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 over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 208 miles [334.7 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 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,690 miles [9,157.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,397 miles [10,295 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,273 miles [6,876.7 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 from Point A (ie- Saddle Brook) 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 Saddle Brook 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 Saddle Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9038, Longitude: -74.1051 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.981 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.593 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.621 degrees. |
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