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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 Jugtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jugtown 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 Jugtown:
- 40.537325, -75.075449
- 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 Jugtown
- 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 Bucks County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bucks County
- Since Jugtown is near Hunterdon County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunterdon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Jugtown
Communities Also Named Jugtown ...
We found five communities that are also named Jugtown.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Jugtown.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Franklin County
- This Jugtown is located in Franklin County and lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Jugtown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Jugtown.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Washington County
- This Jugtown is located in Washington County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Jugtown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Jugtown.
- North Carolina
- Buncombe County
- This Jugtown is located in Buncombe County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Jugtown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Jugtown.
- Catawba 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 North Carolina community of Jugtown [Catawba County].
- Moore County
- This Jugtown is located in Moore County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km] to the southwest of the Jugtown that is located in Bucks County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Jugtown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jugtown ...
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.
- Amsterdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Amsterdam is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
- Baptistown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baptistown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptistown
- Barbertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barbertown is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbertown
- Clay Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clay Ridge is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Ridge
- Erwinna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Everbreeze Plateau
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Everbreeze Plateau is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everbreeze Plateau
- Ferndale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ferndale is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Holland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holland is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Kingwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kingwood is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Little York
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Little York is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Narrowsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Narrowsville is located in Bucks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrowsville
- Spring Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Mills is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Tumble Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tumble Falls is located in Hunterdon County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumble Falls
- Upper Black Eddy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Jugtown 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 Jugtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jugtown and extending to:
- Doylestown, which is the Seat of Bucks County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Jugtown to Doylestown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 96 miles [154.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 153 miles [246.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,746 miles [9,247.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,330 miles [6,968.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Jugtown) 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 Jugtown 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Jugtown 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 Jugtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5373, Longitude: -75.0754 In this case, the coordinates for Jugtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.597 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.23 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.206 degrees. |
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