Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Walkers Forge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walkers Forge and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Walkers Forge

• 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 Walkers Forge:
  • 39.440672, -74.755719
  • 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 Walkers Forge

• 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 Walkers Forge is near Cumberland County and also Cape May County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cumberland County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cape May 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 Walkers Forge

Curious and Interesting Names Near Walkers Forge ...

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.

• Clarkstown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Clarkstown is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkstown
• Clover Leaf Lakes
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Clover Leaf Lakes is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Leaf Lakes
• Dorothy
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dorothy is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
• Gigantic City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gigantic City is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gigantic City
• Gravelly Run
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Gravelly Run is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelly Run
• High Bank Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • High Bank Landing is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bank Landing
• Mays Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Mays Landing is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Landing
• Steelman Landing
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Steelman Landing is located in Atlantic County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelman Landing

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

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

• Mays Landing, which is the Seat of Atlantic County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Walkers Forge to Trenton, with an average speed<2> 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 127 miles [204.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,777 miles [9,297.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,479 miles [10,426.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,357 miles [7,011.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'