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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 Shore Road Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shore Road Estates 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 Shore Road Estates:
- 40.361219, -74.392650
- 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 Shore Road Estates
- 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 Shore Road Estates is near Monmouth County and also Mercer 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 Mercer 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 Shore Road Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shore Road Estates ...
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.
- Black Horse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black Horse is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
- Clearbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clearbrook is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
- Cottageville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cottageville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
- Fresh Ponds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fresh Ponds is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Ponds
- Gordons Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gordons Corner is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordons Corner
- Gravel Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gravel Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Half Acre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Half Acre is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Acre
- Herberts
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Herberts is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herberts
- Jamesburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jamesburg is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
- Jamesburg Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jamesburg Gardens is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg Gardens
- Jamesburg Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jamesburg Park is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg Park
- Middlesex Downs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Middlesex Downs is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Downs
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Patricks Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Patricks Corners is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricks Corners
- Robertsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Robertsville is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Spring Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Valley is located in Monmouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Tanners Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tanners Corners is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Corners
- Texas
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Texas is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Union Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Valley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
How Far From Shore Road Estates 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 Shore Road Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Shore Road Estates and extending to:
- New Brunswick, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shore Road Estates 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 21 miles [33.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 173 miles [278.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about 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 5,724 miles [9,211.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,306 miles [6,929.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shore Road Estates) 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 Shore Road Estates 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 Shore Road Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3612, Longitude: -74.3927 In this case, the coordinates for Shore Road Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.209 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.762 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.987 degrees. |
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