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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 Selleck Four Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Selleck Four Corners 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 Selleck Four Corners:
- 41.295373, -73.395398
- 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 Selleck Four Corners
- 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 Selleck Four Corners is near Westchester County and also Putnam 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 Putnam 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 Selleck Four Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Selleck Four Corners ...
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.
- Boston
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Boston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Branchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Branchville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Cannondale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cannondale is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannondale
- Five Points
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Fox Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fox Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Georgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hattertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hattertown is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattertown
- Hopewell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lonetown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lonetown is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetown
- Lyons Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lyons Plain is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Plain
- Topstone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Topstone is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topstone
How Far From Selleck Four Corners 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 Selleck Four Corners 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 Selleck Four Corners once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Selleck Four Corners and extending to:
- Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Selleck Four Corners to Hartford, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 253 miles [407.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,644 miles [9,083.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,351 miles [10,220.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,228 miles [6,804.3 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 Selleck Four Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Selleck Four Corners) 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 Selleck Four Corners 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 Selleck Four Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2954, Longitude: -73.3954 In this case, the coordinates for Selleck Four Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.514 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.128 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.131 degrees. |
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