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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 Borough of Wood-Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Borough of Wood-Ridge and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Borough of Wood-Ridge
  • 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 Borough of Wood-Ridge:
    • 40.850378, -74.087364
    • 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 Borough of Wood-Ridge
  • 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 Bergen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bergen County
    • Since Borough of Wood-Ridge is near Passaic County and also Essex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Essex 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 Borough of Wood-Ridge

Curious and Interesting Names Near Borough of Wood-Ridge ...

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.

  • Cedar Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Cherry Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherry Hill is located in Bergen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Great Notch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Great Notch is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Notch
  • Hackensack
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hackensack is located in Bergen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
  • Harlem
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Harlem is located in New York County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
  • Hell's Kitchen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County (NY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen
  • Kingsland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Kingsland is located in Bergen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsland
  • Lake View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake View is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Little Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Little Falls is located in Passaic County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Marion
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Marion is located in Hudson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Meadow Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Meadow Village is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
    • Nutley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Nutley is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutley
    • Saddle Brook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Saddle Brook is located in Bergen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Brook
    • Teaneck
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Teaneck is located in Bergen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaneck
    • Union City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Union City is located in Hudson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people

How Far From Borough of Wood-Ridge 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 Borough of Wood-Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Borough of Wood-Ridge and extending to:

  • Hackensack, which is the Seat of Bergen County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Borough of Wood-Ridge 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 206 miles [331.5 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 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,691 miles [9,158.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,275 miles [6,879.9 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Borough of Wood-Ridge) 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 Borough of Wood-Ridge 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 Borough of Wood-Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8504, Longitude: -74.0874       In this case, the coordinates for Borough of Wood-Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.977 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.578 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.638 degrees.