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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 Ukrainian Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ukrainian Village 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 Ukrainian Village:
    • 40.527881, -74.512932
    • 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 Ukrainian Village
  • 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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
    • Since Ukrainian Village is near Middlesex County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Ukrainian Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ukrainian Village ...

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.

  • Chimney Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chimney Rock is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Rock
  • Clyde
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Clyde is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
  • Edison
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Edison is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
  • Fieldville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Fieldville is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldville
  • Grandview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grandview is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Lincoln Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Martinsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Martinsville is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Middlebush
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Middlebush is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebush
  • Possumtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Possumtown is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumtown
  • Randolphville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Randolphville is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolphville
  • Sixmile Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Sixmile Run is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Run
  • Society Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Society Hill is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Society Hill

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

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

  • Somerville, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Ukrainian Village 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 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 5,723 miles [9,210.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,305 miles [6,928.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Ukrainian Village) 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 Ukrainian Village 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 Ukrainian Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5279, Longitude: -74.5129       In this case, the coordinates for Ukrainian Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.263 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.851 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.966 degrees.