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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 Tanners Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tanners Corners and the surrounding area.
- 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 Tanners Corners:
- 40.438561, -74.392731
- 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 Tanners Corners
- 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 Middlesex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Since Tanners Corners is near Somerset County and also Monmouth 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 Monmouth 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 Tanners Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tanners Corners ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Black Horse is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
- Cheesequake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cottageville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cottageville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottageville
- Edison
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fresh Ponds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fresh Ponds is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Ponds
- Greensand
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greensand is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensand
- Herberts
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Herberts is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herberts
- Jamesburg Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jamesburg Park is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg Park
- Laurel Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Laurel Park is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
- Lincoln Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Park is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Maple Meade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Martins Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Martins Landing is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Landing
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Nixon
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nixon is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Patricks Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Red Lion
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Red Lion is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
- Texas
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Texas is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
How Far From Tanners Corners 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 Tanners Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Tanners Corners and extending to:
- New Brunswick, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Tanners Corners to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 176 miles [283.2 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 5,721 miles [9,207.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tanners Corners) 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 Tanners Corners 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 Tanners Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.4386, Longitude: -74.3927 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.201 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.766 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.953 degrees. |
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