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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 Sayerwood South, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sayerwood South 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 Sayerwood South:
    • 40.397330, -74.324592
    • 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 Sayerwood South
  • 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
    • Since Sayerwood South is near Monmouth County and also Richmond County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Sayerwood South

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sayerwood South ...

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.

  • Cheesequake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cheesequake is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheesequake
  • Gordons Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Gordons Corner is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordons Corner
  • Herberts
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Herberts is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herberts
  • Herberts Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Herberts Corner is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herberts Corner
  • Jamesburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jamesburg is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
  • Jamesburg Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jamesburg Gardens is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg Gardens
  • Jamesburg Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jamesburg Park is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg Park
  • Laurel Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Laurel Park is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
  • Mechanicsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Mount Pleasant
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Robertsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Robertsville is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
    • Smocks Corners
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Smocks Corners is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smocks Corners
    • Spring Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Spring Valley is located in Monmouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Tanners Corners
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Tanners Corners is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Corners
    • Texas
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Texas is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas

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

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

  • New Brunswick, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sayerwood South to New Brunswick, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 25 miles [40.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 177 miles [284.9 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 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 5,720 miles [9,205.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,302 miles [6,923.4 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- Sayerwood South) 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 Sayerwood South 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 Sayerwood South. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3973, Longitude: -74.3246       In this case, the coordinates for Sayerwood South have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.165 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.718 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.942 degrees.