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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 Upper Montvale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Upper Montvale 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 Upper Montvale:
- 41.065000, -74.068333
- 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 Upper Montvale
- 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 Upper Montvale is near Rockland County and also Passaic 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 Passaic 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 Upper Montvale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Upper Montvale ...
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.
- Chestnut Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Chestnut Ridge is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
- Fardale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fardale is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fardale
- Hillcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest is located in Rockland County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Ho-Ho-Kus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ho-Ho-Kus is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ho-Ho-Kus
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- New City Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New City Park is located in Rockland County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City Park
- New Square
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- New Square is located in Rockland County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Square
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,014 people
- Park Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Park Ridge is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Pearl River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- River Vale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- River Vale is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Vale
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Valley Village is located in Rockland County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley Village
How Far From Upper Montvale 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 Upper Montvale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Upper Montvale and extending to:
- Hackensack, which is the Seat of Bergen County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Upper Montvale to Hackensack, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 68 miles [109.4 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 216 miles [347.6 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 5,682 miles [9,144.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,390 miles [10,283.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- 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).<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Upper Montvale) 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 Upper Montvale 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 Upper Montvale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0650, Longitude: -74.0683 In this case, the coordinates for Upper Montvale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.942 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.574 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.532 degrees. |
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