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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 Arthur Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arthur Manor 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 Arthur Manor:
- 40.976765, -73.792910
- 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 Arthur Manor
- 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 Arthur Manor is near Bergen County and also Bronx County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bergen County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bronx 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 Arthur Manor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arthur Manor ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cecil Park is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil Park
- Forest Knolls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Forest Knolls is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knolls
- Fox Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fox Meadow is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Greenville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Hartsdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Heath Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Heath Ridge is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Ridge
- Maplewood
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maplewood is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Quaker Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Quaker Ridge is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Ridge
- Scarsdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Scarsdale Downs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Scarsdale Downs is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale Downs
- Victory Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Victory Park is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Park
- White Birches
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- White Birches is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Birches
How Far From Arthur Manor 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 Arthur Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Arthur Manor and extending to:
- White Plains, which is the Seat of Westchester County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Arthur Manor to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 223 miles [358.9 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 5,674 miles [9,131.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,381 miles [10,269.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,257 miles [6,851 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Arthur Manor) 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 Arthur Manor 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 Arthur Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9768, Longitude: -73.7929 In this case, the coordinates for Arthur Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.788 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.385 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.452 degrees. |
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