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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 Sim Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sim Place 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 Sim Place:
- 39.735953, -74.420704
- 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 Sim Place
- 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 Burlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
- Since Sim Place is near Ocean County and also Atlantic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Atlantic 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 Sim Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sim Place ...
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.
- Bass River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bass River is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass River
- Butlers Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Butlers Place is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers Place
- Cedar Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Run is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
- Charcoal Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Charcoal Landing is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charcoal Landing
- Deerhaven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Deerhaven is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhaven
- Dukes Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dukes Bridge is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes Bridge
- Eagle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eagle is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Howardsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Howardsville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
- Jenkins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkins is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Jones Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Mill is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Mill
- Leektown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Leektown is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leektown
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lincoln Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Park is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Martha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martha is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha
- Maxwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Maxwell is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Merrygold
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Merrygold is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrygold
- Pine Crest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Crest is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Red Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Red Oak Grove is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak Grove
- Speedwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Speedwell is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Wading River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wading River is located in Burlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wading River
How Far From Sim Place 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 Sim Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sim Place and extending to:
- Mount Holly, which is the Seat of Burlington County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sim Place to Mount Holly, 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 just over a day.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 37 miles [59.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 151 miles [243 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,751 miles [9,255.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,331 miles [6,970.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sim Place) 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 Sim Place 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 Sim Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7360, Longitude: -74.4207 In this case, the coordinates for Sim Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.286 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.75 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.271 degrees. |
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