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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 Woodmere, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodmere 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 Woodmere:
    • 40.088170, -74.320702
    • 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 Woodmere
  • 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 Woodmere 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 Woodmere

Communities Also Named Woodmere ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Woodmere.

There is one other community in New Jersey that is also named Woodmere.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New Jersey ...
    • Salem County
      • This Woodmere is located in Salem County and lies 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodmere that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem County community of Woodmere.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Woodmere lies 2,585 miles [4,160.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodmere that is located in Ocean County.
    • Florida
      • Sarasota County
      • This Woodmere is located in Sarasota County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Woodmere that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sarasota County community of Woodmere.
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Woodmere is located in Cobb County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodmere that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Woodmere.
    • Illinois
      • Lake 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 Illinois community of Woodmere [Lake County].
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • This Woodmere is located in Jefferson Parish and lies 1,134 miles [1,825 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Woodmere that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Parish community of Woodmere.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne 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 Michigan community of Woodmere [Wayne County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Cheshire County
      • This Woodmere is located in Cheshire County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Woodmere that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Woodmere.
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Woodmere is located in Nassau County and lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Woodmere that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Woodmere.
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • This Woodmere is located in Ashtabula County and lies 366 miles [589 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodmere that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Woodmere.
      • Cuyahoga County
      • This Woodmere is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km] to the west northwest of the Woodmere that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Woodmere.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Woodmere is located in Davis County and lies 1,957 miles [3,149.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodmere that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Woodmere.
    • Virginia
      • Petersburg City
      • This Woodmere is located in Petersburg City and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodmere that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Petersburg City community of Woodmere.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodmere ...

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.

  • Coventry Square
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Coventry Square is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Square
  • Francis Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Francis Mills is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Mills
  • Harmony
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Harmony is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Lake Club
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Club is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Club
  • Land of Pines
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Land of Pines is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land of Pines
  • Leesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Leesville is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
  • Leisure Knoll
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Leisure Knoll is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Knoll
  • Maryland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Maryland is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
  • Pleasant Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Seven Stars
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Seven Stars is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
  • Spruce Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Spruce Gardens is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Gardens
  • Vista Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Vista Center is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Center

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

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

  • Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Woodmere to Toms River, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 166 miles [267.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,436 miles [10,357.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,313 miles [6,941.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodmere) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Woodmere 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 Woodmere 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 Woodmere. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0882, Longitude: -74.3207       In this case, the coordinates for Woodmere have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.193 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.701 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.076 degrees.