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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 Singac, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Singac 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 Singac:
- 40.886393, -74.242546
- 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 Singac
- 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 Passaic County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic County
- Since Singac is near Essex County and also Morris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morris 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 Singac
Curious and Interesting Names Near Singac ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Great Notch
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Great Notch is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Notch
- Little Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Meadow Village is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Mountain View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Packanack Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Packanack Lake is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packanack Lake
- Preakness
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Two Bridges
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Two Bridges is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Bridges
How Far From Singac to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Singac to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Singac and extending to:
- Paterson, which is the Seat of Passaic County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Singac 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 201 miles [323.5 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 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,697 miles [9,168.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,404 miles [10,306.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,280 miles [6,888 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Singac) 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 Singac 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 Singac. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8864, Longitude: -74.2425 In this case, the coordinates for Singac have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.065 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.684 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.689 degrees. |
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