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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 Saint Josephs Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Saint Josephs Village 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 Saint Josephs Village:
- 41.005931, -73.934859
- 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 Saint Josephs Village
- 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 Saint Josephs Village 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 Saint Josephs Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Josephs Village ...
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.
- Cecil Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cecil Park is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil Park
- Central Nyack
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Central Nyack is located in Rockland County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack
- Dunwoodie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dunwoodie is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoodie
- Glenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenville is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Grey Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grey Oaks is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Oaks
- Greystone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Greystone is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Kings Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kings Woods is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Woods
- Mount Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Hope is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Orangeburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Park Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Park Hill is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
- Park Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Park Ridge is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pearl River
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- River Vale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- River Vale is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Vale
- Sleepy Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tarrytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Twombly Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Twombly Landing is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twombly Landing
- Yonkers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Yonkers is located in Westchester County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200,040 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yonkers <1>
How Far From Saint Josephs Village to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Saint Josephs Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Saint Josephs Village and extending to:
- Hackensack, which is the Seat of Bergen County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Saint Josephs Village to Hackensack, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 219 miles [352.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,679 miles [9,139.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,386 miles [10,277.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,262 miles [6,859 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Josephs Village) 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 Saint Josephs Village 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 Saint Josephs Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0059, Longitude: -73.9349 In this case, the coordinates for Saint Josephs Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.869 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.482 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.501 degrees. |
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