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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 White Meadow Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Meadow Lake and the surrounding area.
- 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 White Meadow Lake:
- 40.923710, -74.510712
- 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 White Meadow Lake
- 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 Morris County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morris County
- Since White Meadow Lake is near Sussex County and also Passaic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic 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 White Meadow Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near White Meadow Lake ...
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.
- Dover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
- Fox Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Hill is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Franklin is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Hibernia
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hibernia is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Hilltown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hilltown is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown
- Lake Arrowhead
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Arrowhead is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arrowhead
- Lake Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Junction is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Junction
- Lower Longwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Longwood is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Longwood
- Lyonsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lyonsville is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
- Mount Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mount Hope is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Powerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Powerville is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powerville
- Rockaway Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rockaway Valley is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Valley
- Spicertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spicertown is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicertown
- Union Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Hill is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
How Far From White Meadow Lake 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 White Meadow Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in White Meadow Lake and extending to:
- Morristown, which is the Seat of Morris County, lies just to the South.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from White Meadow Lake 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 most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,706 miles [9,182.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,290 miles [6,904.1 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- White Meadow Lake) 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 White Meadow Lake 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 White Meadow Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9237, Longitude: -74.5107 In this case, the coordinates for White Meadow Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.221 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.867 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.79 degrees. |
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