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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 East Port Chester, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Port Chester 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 East Port Chester:
- 41.008709, -73.654294
- 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 East Port Chester
- 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 Fairfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- Since East Port Chester is near Westchester County and also Nassau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westchester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau 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 East Port Chester
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Port Chester ...
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.
- Dolphin Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dolphin Cove is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin Cove
- Glenville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Glenville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Greenhaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenhaven is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaven
- Greenwich
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mianus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mianus is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mianus
- Purchase
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Purdys Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Purdys Grove is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdys Grove
- Rock Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rock Ridge is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Sunset Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Ridge is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
How Far From East Port Chester 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 East Port Chester to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of East Port Chester once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in East Port Chester and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from East Port Chester to Hartford, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 230 miles [370.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,667 miles [9,120.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,373 miles [10,256.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,250 miles [6,839.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about East Port Chester, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Port Chester) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East Port Chester 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 East Port Chester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0087, Longitude: -73.6543 In this case, the coordinates for East Port Chester have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.702 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.293 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.377 degrees. |
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