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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 Venice Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Venice Park 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 Venice Park:
    • 39.376506, -74.445150
    • 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 Venice Park
  • 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 Atlantic County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Atlantic County
    • Since Venice Park is near Cape May County and also Monmouth County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cape May County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth 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 Venice Park

Curious and Interesting Names Near Venice Park ...

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.

  • Bargaintown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bargaintown is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargaintown
  • Mount Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Oyster Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Oyster Creek is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Creek
  • Pleasantville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pleasantville is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,060 people
  • Scullville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Scullville is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scullville
  • Seaview Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Seaview Park is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaview Park
  • Steelmanville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Steelmanville is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelmanville
  • Unionville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Unionville is located in Atlantic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville

How Far From Venice Park to ...

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 community such as Venice Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Mays Landing, which is the Seat of Atlantic County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Venice Park to Mays Landing, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 142 miles [228.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,767 miles [9,281.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,468 miles [10,409.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,346 miles [6,994.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Venice Park) 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 Venice Park 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 Venice Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3765, Longitude: -74.4451       In this case, the coordinates for Venice Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.334 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.747 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.435 degrees.