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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 Sutton Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sutton Park 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 Sutton Park:
    • 40.825100, -74.705162
    • 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 Sutton Park
  • 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 Sutton Park is near Warren County and also Sussex 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 Sussex 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 Sutton Park

Communities Also Named Sutton Park ...

We found one communities that are also named Sutton Park.

Within New Jersey, the name Sutton Park is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named Sutton Park in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Union County
      • This Sutton Park is located in Union County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sutton Park that is located in Morris County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Sutton Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sutton Park ...

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.

  • Drakestown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Drakestown is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakestown
  • Flanders
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Flanders is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
  • Lake Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Junction is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Junction
  • Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Landing is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landing
  • Ledgewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ledgewood is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledgewood
  • Long Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Long Valley is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Valley
  • Mount Freedom
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Mount Freedom is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Freedom
  • Peapack
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Peapack is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peapack
  • Pleasant Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Point Pleasant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Point Pleasant is located in Sussex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
  • Pottersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Pottersville is located in Hunterdon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersville
  • Silver Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Springs is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
  • Springtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Springtown is located in Morris County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown

How Far From Sutton Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sutton Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Morristown, which is the Seat of Morris County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Sutton Park to Morristown, with an average speed<2> 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 41 miles [66 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 about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 181 miles [291.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,719 miles [9,203.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,303 miles [6,925 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- Sutton Park) 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 Sutton Park 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 Sutton Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8251, Longitude: -74.7052       In this case, the coordinates for Sutton Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.348 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.994 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.919 degrees.