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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 Monks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monks 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 Monks:
- 41.122873, -74.299594
- 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 Monks
- 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 Passaic County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic County
- Since Monks is near Orange County and also Rockland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockland 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 Monks
Curious and Interesting Names Near Monks ...
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.
- Cooper
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Eagle Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Valley is located in Orange County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Valley
- Echo Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Echo Lake is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
- Greenwood Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hillburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Indian Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Indian Park is located in Orange County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Park
- Lakeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lakeville is located in Orange County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Moe
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Moe is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moe
- Postville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Postville is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rocky Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rocky Hill is located in Orange County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Skylands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Skylands is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylands
- Stonetown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stonetown is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonetown
- Tuxedo Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Uttertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Uttertown is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uttertown
- Willow Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Brook is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
How Far From Monks 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 Monks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Monks and extending to:
- Paterson, which is the Seat of Passaic County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Monks to Paterson, with an average speed<3> 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.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 66 miles [106.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 211 miles [339.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,689 miles [9,155.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,274 miles [6,878.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Monks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Monks 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 Monks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1229, Longitude: -74.2996 In this case, the coordinates for Monks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.074 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.732 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.608 degrees. |
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