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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 Seeley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Seeley 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 Seeley:
    • 39.482059, -75.257689
    • 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 Seeley
  • 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 Cumberland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
    • Since Seeley is near Salem County and also Gloucester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Salem County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester 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 Seeley

Communities Also Named Seeley ...

We found five communities that are also named Seeley.

Within New Jersey, the name Seeley is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Imperial County
      • This Seeley is located in Imperial County and lies 2,281 miles [3,670.9 km]<1> to the west of the Seeley that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Imperial County community of Seeley.
    • Michigan
      • Tuscola County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Seeley [Tuscola County].
    • Nebraska
      • Lincoln County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Lincoln County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Seeley.
    • Ontario
      • This Seeley lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the north of the Seeley that is located in Cumberland County.
    • Wisconsin
      • Sawyer County
      • This Seeley is located in Sawyer County and lies 933 miles [1,501.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Seeley that is located in Cumberland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sawyer County community of Seeley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Seeley ...

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.

  • Big Oak
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Big Oak is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oak
  • Fordville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fordville is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordville
  • Friendship
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Friendship is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Friesburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Friesburg is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesburg
  • Greenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenville is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Harmony
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Harmony is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Mickles Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Mickles Mill is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickles Mill
  • Orchard Center
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Orchard Center is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Center
  • Paradise Lakes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Paradise Lakes is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Lakes
  • Pecks Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pecks Corner is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
  • Roadstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Roadstown is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
  • Springtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Springtown is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Seeley and extending to:

  • Bridgeton, which is the Seat of Cumberland County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Seeley to Trenton, with an average speed<4> 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 103 miles [165.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,797 miles [9,329.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,501 miles [10,462.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,378 miles [7,045.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Seeley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Seeley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Seeley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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 Seeley 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 Seeley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.4821, Longitude: -75.2577       In this case, the coordinates for Seeley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.80 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.292 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.731 degrees.