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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 Valentine, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Valentine 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 Valentine:
    • 40.530938, -74.325426
    • 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 Valentine
  • 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 Valentine is near Richmond County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Richmond 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 Valentine

Communities Also Named Valentine ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Valentine.

Within New Jersey, the name Valentine is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Shelby County
      • This Valentine is located in Shelby County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Valentine that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Valentine.
    • Arizona
      • Mohave County
      • This Valentine is located in Mohave County and lies 2,152 miles [3,463.3 km]<1> to the west of the Valentine that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mohave County community of Valentine.
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • This Valentine is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,049 miles [1,688.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Valentine that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Valentine.
    • Georgia
      • Echols 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 Georgia community of Valentine [Echols County].
    • Indiana
      • LaGrange County
      • This Valentine is located in LaGrange County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the west of the Valentine that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Valentine.
    • Louisiana
      • Lafourche Parish
      • This Valentine is located in Lafourche Parish and lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<1> to the southwest of the Valentine that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafourche Parish community of Valentine.
    • Montana
      • Fergus County
      • This Valentine is located in Fergus County and lies 1,743 miles [2,805.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Valentine that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fergus County community of Valentine.
    • Nebraska
      • Cherry County
      • This Valentine is located in Cherry County and lies 1,356 miles [2,182.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Valentine that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherry County community of Valentine.
    • Ohio
      • Shelby County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Valentine [Shelby County].
    • South Carolina
      • Hampton County
      • This Valentine is located in Hampton County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Valentine that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton County community of Valentine.
      • Lexington 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 South Carolina community of Valentine [Lexington County].
    • Texas
      • Jeff Davis County
      • This Valentine is located in Jeff Davis County and lies 1,817 miles [2,924.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Valentine that is located in Middlesex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jeff Davis County community of Valentine.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Valentine ...

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.

  • Barber
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Barber is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
  • Clara Barton
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Clara Barton is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara Barton
  • Edgar
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgar is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
  • Edison
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Edison is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
  • Fords
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fords is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords
  • Greensand
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Greensand is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensand
  • Harbor Terrace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Harbor Terrace is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Terrace
  • Hopelawn
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hopelawn is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopelawn
  • Lincoln Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Martins Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Martins Landing is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Landing
  • Mechanicsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mechanicsville is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • Nixon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Nixon is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Oak Tree
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Tree is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree
    • Potters
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Potters is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potters
    • Pumptown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pumptown is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumptown
    • Sand Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Sand Hills is located in Middlesex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hills

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Valentine and extending to:

  • New Brunswick, which is the Seat of Middlesex County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Valentine to Trenton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 182 miles [292.9 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 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,715 miles [9,197.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,420 miles [10,332 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,297 miles [6,915.4 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- Valentine) 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 Valentine 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Valentine, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Valentine 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 Valentine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5309, Longitude: -74.3254       In this case, the coordinates for Valentine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.152 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.725 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.883 degrees.