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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 River Vale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to River Vale 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 River Vale:
- 40.995375, -74.012083
- 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 River Vale
- 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 Bergen County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bergen County
- Since River Vale is near Rockland County and also Westchester County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westchester 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 River Vale
Communities Also Named River Vale ...
We found one communities that are also named River Vale.
Within New Jersey, the name River Vale is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named River Vale in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Lawrence County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of River Vale [Lawrence County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near River Vale ...
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.
- Cherry Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cherry Hill is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Chestnut Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Greystone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greystone is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Ho-Ho-Kus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ho-Ho-Kus is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ho-Ho-Kus
- Kings Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Woods is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Woods
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Orangeburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Park Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Park Ridge is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Pearl River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Teaneck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Teaneck is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teaneck
- Twombly Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Twombly Landing is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twombly Landing
How Far From River Vale 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 River Vale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in River Vale and extending to:
- Hackensack, which is the Seat of Bergen County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<3> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from River Vale to Trenton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 215 miles [346 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 5,682 miles [9,144.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,390 miles [10,283.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,266 miles [6,865.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 River Vale 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- River Vale) 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 River Vale 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 River Vale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9954, Longitude: -74.0121 In this case, the coordinates for River Vale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.916 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.533 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.539 degrees. |
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