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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 Stirling, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stirling 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 Stirling:
    • 40.672046, -74.494877
    • 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 Stirling
  • 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 Morris County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Morris County
    • Since Stirling is near Somerset County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Stirling

Communities Also Named Stirling ...

We found eight communities that are also named Stirling.

Within New Jersey, the name Stirling is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Stirling lies 1,928 miles [3,102.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stirling that is located in Morris County.
    • Georgia
      • Montgomery 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 Georgia community of Stirling [Montgomery County].
    • Michigan
      • Isabella 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 Stirling [Isabella County].
      • Mecosta County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Stirling [Mecosta County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Stirling [Nye County].
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Stirling is located in Suffolk County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stirling that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Stirling.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Stirling lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stirling that is located in Morris County.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Stirling.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stirling ...

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.

  • Coontown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Coontown is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coontown
  • Free Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Free Acres is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Acres
  • Green Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Village is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
  • Liberty Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Liberty Corner is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Corner
  • Long Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Hill is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hill
  • Lyons
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Lyons is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
  • Martinsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Martinsville is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Mount Horeb
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Horeb is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
  • Netherwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Netherwood is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherwood
  • Pill Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pill Hill is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pill Hill
  • Pleasant Plains
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Pleasant Plains is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
  • Pleasantville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Pleasantville is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Round Top
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Round Top is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
    • Scotch Plains
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Scotch Plains is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Plains
    • Stony Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Stony Hill is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
    • Union Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Union Village is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village

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

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

  • Morristown, which is the Seat of Morris County, lies just to the North.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Stirling to Trenton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 182 miles [292.9 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 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,716 miles [9,199 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,299 miles [6,918.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stirling) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Stirling 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 Stirling, 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 Stirling 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 Stirling. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6720, Longitude: -74.4949       In this case, the coordinates for Stirling have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.238 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.845 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.895 degrees.