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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 Wellington Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wellington 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 Wellington Park:
    • 39.995390, -74.980447
    • 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 Wellington 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 Burlington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
    • Since Wellington Park is near Camden County and also Philadelphia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Philadelphia 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 Wellington Park

Communities Also Named Wellington Park ...

We found four communities that are also named Wellington Park.

Within New Jersey, the name Wellington Park is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Wellington Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wellington Park that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Wellington Park.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Wellington Park is located in Wake County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wellington Park that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Wellington Park.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Wellington Park [Hamilton County].
    • Tennessee
      • Washington County
      • This Wellington Park is located in Washington County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wellington Park that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Wellington Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wellington 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.

  • Bridesburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Bridesburg is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridesburg
  • Cherry Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherry Hill is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Cherry Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cherry Valley is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
  • Cinnaminson
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cinnaminson is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnaminson
  • Fellowship
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Fellowship is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
  • Fork Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fork Landing is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Landing
  • Harrisburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Harrisburg is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Iron Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Iron Rock is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Rock
  • Ivywood
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Ivywood is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywood
  • Jordantown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jordantown is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordantown
  • Maple Shade
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Maple Shade is located in Burlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
  • Meadowbrook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadowbrook is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Pennypack Woods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Pennypack Woods is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypack Woods
    • Pennypacker Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pennypacker Park is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypacker Park
    • Pheasant Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Pheasant Run is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
    • Ramblewood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Ramblewood is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
    • Riverside Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Riverside Park is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
    • Sharper
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sharper is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharper
    • Skin Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Skin Corner is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skin Corner
    • Texas
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Texas is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Union Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Union Landing is located in Burlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Landing

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

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

  • Mount Holly, which is the Seat of Burlington County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Wellington Park to Mount Holly, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 133 miles [214 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,764 miles [9,276.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,469 miles [10,410.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • 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).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wellington Park) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Wellington Park 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 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.
<4>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 Wellington 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 Wellington Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9954, Longitude: -74.9804       In this case, the coordinates for Wellington Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.591 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.137 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.398 degrees.