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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 Sunset Hill Garden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunset Hill Garden 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 Sunset Hill Garden:
    • 40.436772, -74.587101
    • 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 Sunset Hill Garden
  • 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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
    • Since Sunset Hill Garden is near Middlesex County and also Mercer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mercer 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 Sunset Hill Garden

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunset Hill Garden ...

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.

  • Black Horse
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Black Horse is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
  • Clyde
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clyde is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
  • Cottageville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Cottageville is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
  • Dutchtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Dutchtown is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
  • Fresh Ponds
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Fresh Ponds is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Ponds
  • Little Rocky Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Little Rocky Hill is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rocky Hill
  • Maple Meade
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Maple Meade is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Meade
  • Middlebush
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Middlebush is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebush
  • Patricks Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Patricks Corners is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricks Corners
  • Plainville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Plainville is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
  • Pleasant Plains
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Plains is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
  • Pleasantview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasantview is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantview
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Red Lion
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Red Lion is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
    • Sixmile Run
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Sixmile Run is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Run
    • Skillman
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Skillman is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillman
    • Ten Mile Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Ten Mile Run is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile Run
    • Woods Tavern
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Woods Tavern is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Tavern

How Far From Sunset Hill Garden 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 Sunset Hill Garden to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sunset Hill Garden and extending to:

  • Somerville, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies just to the North.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Sunset Hill Garden to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 168 miles [270.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,729 miles [9,219.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,435 miles [10,356.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,312 miles [6,939.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunset Hill Garden) 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 Sunset Hill Garden 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 Sunset Hill Garden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4368, Longitude: -74.5871       In this case, the coordinates for Sunset Hill Garden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.316 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.896 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.038 degrees.