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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 Spring Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spring Mill 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 Spring Mill:
    • 40.174278, -74.602656
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Spring Mill
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Spring Mill ...

We found four communities that share the name Spring Mill.

Within New Jersey, the name Spring Mill is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Spring Mill is located in Jefferson County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the west of the Spring Mill that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Spring Mill.
    • Ohio
      • Richland County
      • This Spring Mill is located in Richland County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the west of the Spring Mill that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Spring Mill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lehigh 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 Pennsylvania community of Spring Mill [Lehigh County].
      • Montgomery County
      • This Spring Mill is located in Montgomery County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the west of the Spring Mill that is located in Monmouth County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Spring Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spring Mill ...

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.

  • Cream Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
    • Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
  • Edinburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
    • Edinburg is located in Mercer County
  • Golden Crest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Crest
    • Golden Crest is located in Mercer County
  • Groveville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groveville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
    • Groveville is located in Mercer County
  • Jacobstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobstown
    • Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
  • Kirbys Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirbys Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbys Mills
    • Kirbys Mills is located in Monmouth County
  • Mile Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mile Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Hollow
    • Mile Hollow is located in Burlington County
  • Pages Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pages Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
    • Pages Corner is located in Monmouth County
  • Parsonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonville
    • Parsonville is located in Burlington County
  • Quaker Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quaker Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Gardens
    • Quaker Gardens is located in Mercer County
  • Robbinsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robbinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbinsville
    • Robbinsville is located in Mercer County
  • Robinsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsville
    • Robinsville is located in Monmouth County
  • White Horse
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
    • White Horse is located in Mercer County

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

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

  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 156 miles [251.1 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Spring Mill to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,741 miles [9,239.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,446 miles [10,373.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,323 miles [6,957.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spring Mill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Monmouth County: www.co.monmouth.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/

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 from Point A (ie- Spring Mill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spring Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1743, Longitude: -74.6027       In this case, the coordinates for Spring Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Spring Mill 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Spring Mill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.351 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.894 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.159 degrees.




 

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