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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 Tomlin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tomlin 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 Tomlin:
    • 39.778169, -75.272408
    • 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 Tomlin
  • 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 Gloucester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Gloucester County
    • Since Tomlin is near Delaware County and also Salem County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Salem 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 Tomlin

Communities Also Named Tomlin ...

We found one communities that are also named Tomlin.

Within New Jersey, the name Tomlin is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Mason County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Tomlin [Mason County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tomlin ...

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.

  • Cedar Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Centre City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Centre City is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre City
  • Chester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chester is located in Delaware County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,692 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <2>
  • Cooper
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cooper is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
  • Friars Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Friars Landing is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Landing
  • Grand Sprute
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Grand Sprute is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Sprute
  • Green-Fields
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Green-Fields is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green-Fields
  • Jumbo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jumbo is located in Salem County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
  • Leonards
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Leonards is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonards
  • Lester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Paradise
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Paradise is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Prospect
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Prospect is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Richwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Richwood is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
  • Riverwinds
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Riverwinds is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwinds

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Tomlin and extending to:

  • Woodbury, which is the Seat of Gloucester County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Tomlin to Trenton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 112 miles [180.2 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,786 miles [9,311.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,490 miles [10,444.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,367 miles [7,028 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Tomlin 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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tomlin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Tomlin 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 Tomlin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7782, Longitude: -75.2724       In this case, the coordinates for Tomlin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.783 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.32 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.614 degrees.