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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 Armonk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Armonk 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 Armonk:
- 41.126496, -73.713875
- 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 Armonk
- 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 Westchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westchester County
- Since Armonk is near Fairfield County and also Rockland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 Armonk
Curious and Interesting Names Near Armonk ...
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.
- Elmsford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Hunting Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hunting Ridge is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Ridge
- Long Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Long Ridge is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pleasantville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Purchase
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Quarry Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quarry Heights is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Heights
- Riverbank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rock Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Ridge is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Spring Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Windmill Farm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Windmill Farm is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Farm
How Far From Armonk 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 Armonk to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Armonk and extending to:
- White Plains, which is the Seat of Westchester County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 105 miles [169 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Armonk to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 233 miles [375 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,665 miles [9,116.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,372 miles [10,254.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,248 miles [6,836.5 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Armonk) 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 Armonk 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 Armonk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1265, Longitude: -73.7139 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.724 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.337 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.349 degrees. |
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