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 Union City:
40.778293, -74.021249
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 Union City
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 Hudson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found 22 communities that are also named Union City.
Within New Jersey, the name Union City is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of 22 communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Johnson County
This Union City is located in Johnson County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Union City that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Union City.
California
Alameda County
This Union City is located in Alameda County and lies 2,547 miles [4,099 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Union City that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alameda County community of Union City.
Connecticut
New Haven County
This Union City is located in New Haven County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Union City that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Union City.
Florida
Jackson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Union City [Jackson County].
Georgia
Fulton County
This Union City is located in Fulton County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Union City that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Union City.
Indiana
Randolph County
This Union City is located in Randolph County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the west of the Union City that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Union City.
Kansas
Cloud County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Union City [Cloud County].
Dickinson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Union City [Dickinson County].
Jefferson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Union City [Jefferson County].
Rice County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Union City [Rice County].
Sedgwick County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Union City [Sedgwick County].
Sumner County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Union City [Sumner County].
Kentucky
Edmonson County
This Union City is located in Edmonson County and lies 693 miles [1,115.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Union City that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edmonson County community of Union City.
Madison County
This Union City is located in Madison County and lies 581 miles [935 km] to the west southwest of the Union City that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Union City.
Michigan
Branch County
This Union City is located in Branch County and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Union City that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Branch County community of Union City.
Missouri
Atchison County
Although located in Atchison County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Union City.
Stone County
This Union City is located in Stone County and lies 1,075 miles [1,730 km]<1> to the west of the Union City that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of Union City.
Ohio
Darke County
This Union City is located in Darke County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the west of the Union City that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darke County community of Union City.
Oklahoma
Canadian County
This Union City is located in Canadian County and lies 1,345 miles [2,164.6 km]<1> to the west of the Union City that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Canadian County community of Union City.
Pennsylvania
Erie County
This Union City is located in Erie County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Union City that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Union City.
Tennessee
Obion County
This Union City is located in Obion County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Union City that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Obion County community of Union City.
West Virginia
McDowell County
This Union City is located in McDowell County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Union City that is located in Hudson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Union City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Union City ...
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.
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 city such as Union City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Union City and extending to:
Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Union City to Trenton, with an average speed<4> 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 over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 205 miles [329.9 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 12 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,692 miles [9,160.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,274 miles [6,878.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Union City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 Union City 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.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Union City 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 Union City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7783, Longitude: -74.0212
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.945 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.531 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.641 degrees.