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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 Woods Tavern, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woods Tavern 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 Woods Tavern:
- 40.502326, -74.644603
- 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 Woods Tavern
- 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 Somerset County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- Since Woods Tavern is near Middlesex County and also Hunterdon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon 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 Woods Tavern
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woods Tavern ...
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.
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Chimney Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chimney Rock is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Rock
- Cloverhill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cloverhill is located in Hunterdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverhill
- Clyde
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clyde is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Dutchtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Fieldville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fieldville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fieldville
- Flagtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flagtown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagtown
- Grandview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Green Knoll
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Knoll is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Knoll
- Lanes Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lanes Crossing is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Crossing
- Little Rocky Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Rocky Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rocky Hill
- Middlebush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Middlebush is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebush
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Milltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Milltown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Plainville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plainville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Pleasant Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Pleasantview
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pleasantview is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantview
- Rock Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mill
- Sixmile Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sixmile Run is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Run
- Skillman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Skillman is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skillman
- Sunset Hill Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Hill Garden is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Hill Garden
- Ten Mile Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ten Mile Run is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile Run
- Zion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zion is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
How Far From Woods Tavern 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 Woods Tavern to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Woods Tavern and extending to:
- Somerville, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Woods Tavern to Trenton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 168 miles [270.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 6,436 miles [10,357.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,312 miles [6,939.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Woods Tavern) 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 Woods Tavern 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 Woods Tavern. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5023, Longitude: -74.6446 In this case, the coordinates for Woods Tavern have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.344 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.938 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.034 degrees. |
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