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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 Windor Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Windor Park 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 Windor Park:
- 39.957618, -74.117638
- 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 Windor 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 Ocean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean County
- Since Windor Park is near Monmouth County and also Burlington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington 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 Windor Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Windor 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.
- Anchorage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Anchorage is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Cedar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cherry Quay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cherry Quay is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Quay
- Evergreen Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Shores is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Shores
- Green Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Island is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Holly Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Holly Park is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Park
- Island Beach Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maple Shade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Shade is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Shade
- Normandy Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Normandy Beach is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Beach
- Ocean Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean Beach is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Beach
- Pine Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Terrace is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Terrace
- River Bank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- River Bank is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bank
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Silver Bay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Silver Bay is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Bay
- Silver Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Beach is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Snug Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snug Harbor is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Toms River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Toms River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
How Far From Windor 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 Windor 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 Windor Park and extending to:
- Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies just to the West.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Windor Park to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 172 miles [276.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,729 miles [9,219.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,309 miles [6,934.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Windor 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 Windor 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 Windor Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9576, Longitude: -74.1176 In this case, the coordinates for Windor Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.087 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.56 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.047 degrees. |
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