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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 Stone Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stone 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 Stone Mill:
    • 40.681490, -74.879611
    • 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 Stone Mill
  • 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 Hunterdon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
    • Since Stone Mill is near Warren County and also Morris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Stone Mill

Communities Also Named Stone Mill ...

We found three communities that are also named Stone Mill.

Within New Jersey, the name Stone Mill is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Gwinnett County
      • This Stone Mill is located in Gwinnett County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Stone Mill that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Stone Mill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Tioga 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 Stone Mill [Tioga County].
    • Virginia
      • Washington County
      • This Stone Mill is located in Washington County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stone Mill that is located in Hunterdon County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Stone Mill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stone 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.

  • Anthony
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Anthony is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Bells Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bells Crossing is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossing
  • Clarksville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Clarksville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
  • Farmersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Farmersville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
  • Franklin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Franklin is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Little Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Little Brook is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Brook
  • Mariannes Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mariannes Corner is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariannes Corner
  • Mountainville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Mountainville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
  • Pierce Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Pierce Heights is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Heights
  • Red Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Mill is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
  • Spruce Run
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Spruce Run is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Run
  • Union
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Union is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

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

  • Flemington, which is the Seat of Hunterdon County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Stone Mill to Flemington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 168 miles [270.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,440 miles [10,364.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,316 miles [6,945.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stone Mill) 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 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 Stone 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>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.
<4>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 Stone Mill 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 Stone Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6815, Longitude: -74.8796       In this case, the coordinates for Stone Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.466 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.105 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.058 degrees.