Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Swayzes Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swayzes Mills and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Swayzes Mills

• 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 Swayzes Mills:
  • 40.896765, -74.997117
  • 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 Swayzes Mills

• 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
  • Since Swayzes Mills is near Northampton County and also Hunterdon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon 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 Swayzes Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Swayzes Mills ...

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.

• Buttzville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Buttzville is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttzville
• Delaware
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Delaware is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
• Ebenezer
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ebenezer is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Great Meadows
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Great Meadows is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Meadows
• Hemlock Glen
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hemlock Glen is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Glen
• Hill Yard
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hill Yard is located in Northampton County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Yard
• Hope
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Hope is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
• Marble Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Marble Hill is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Hill
• Mount Pleasant
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Polkville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Polkville is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
• Slateford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Slateford is located in Northampton County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slateford
• Vail
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Vail is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
• Walnut Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Walnut Valley is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Valley

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

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

• Belvidere, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Swayzes Mills to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 175 miles [281.6 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 5,728 miles [9,218.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,437 miles [10,359.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,313 miles [6,941.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'