Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Tranquility, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tranquility and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Tranquility
- 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 Tranquility:
- 40.956063, -74.808500
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Tranquility
- 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 Sussex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Since Tranquility is near Warren County and also Morris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Warren County
- eBird sighting report for Morris 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Tranquility ...
We found seven communities that share the name Tranquility.
Within New Jersey, the name Tranquility is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Fresno 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 California community of Tranquility [Fresno County].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- This Tranquility is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Tranquility that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Tranquility.
- Calvert County
- This Tranquility is located in Calvert County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km] to the south southwest of the Tranquility that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Tranquility.
- Frederick County
- This Tranquility is located in Frederick County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the southwest of the Tranquility that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Tranquility.
- North Carolina
- Henderson County
- This Tranquility is located in Henderson County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Tranquility that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Tranquility.
- Ohio
- Adams County
- This Tranquility is located in Adams County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Tranquility that is located in Sussex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Tranquility.
- Ontario
- This Tranquility lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Tranquility that is located in Sussex County.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tranquility ...
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.
- Clearwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Clearwater is located in Sussex County
- Cranberry Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranberry Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Lake
- Cranberry Lake is located in Sussex County
- Drakestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drakestown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakestown
- Drakestown is located in Morris County
- Ebenezer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Great Meadows
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Meadows
- Great Meadows is located in Warren County
- Huntsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Huntsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Huntsville is located in Sussex County
- Long Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Long Bridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
- Long Bridge is located in Warren County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Long Bridge
- From Tranquility to Long Bridge
- Marksboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Roseville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Spring Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Spring Valley is located in Warren County
- Stillwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Stillwater is located in Sussex County
How Far From Tranquility to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Tranquility to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tranquility and extending to:
- Newton, which is the Seat of Sussex County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Tranquility to Trenton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 184 miles [296.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,718 miles [9,202.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,302 miles [6,923.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tranquility. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sussex County: www.sussex.nj.us/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Tranquility 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tranquility) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tranquility. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9561, Longitude: -74.8085 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Tranquility to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.396 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.07 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.907 degrees. |