Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Birchwood Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Birchwood Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Birchwood Park
- 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 Birchwood Park:
- 41.563056, -73.902500
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Birchwood Park
- 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 Dutchess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
- Since Birchwood Park is near Orange County and also Ulster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Orange County
- eBird sighting report for Ulster 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Birchwood Park ...
We found four communities that share the name Birchwood Park.
Within New York, the name Birchwood Park is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Birchwood Park is located in New Castle County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Birchwood Park that is located in Dutchess County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Birchwood Park.
- New Jersey
- Ocean County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Birchwood Park [Ocean County].
- North Carolina
- Onslow County
- This Birchwood Park is located in Onslow County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Birchwood Park that is located in Dutchess County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Birchwood Park.
- Virginia
- James City County
- This Birchwood Park is located in James City County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Birchwood Park that is located in Dutchess County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the James City County community of Birchwood Park.
- Delaware
Curious and Interesting Names Near Birchwood Park ...
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.
- Castle Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Point
- Castle Point is located in Dutchess County
- Cedar Cliff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Cliff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Cedar Cliff is located in Orange County
- Diddell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Fishkill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishkill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill
- Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,139 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fishkill <4>
- Fishkill Landing ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishkill Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill Landing
- Fishkill Landing is located in Dutchess County
- Fishkill Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishkill Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill Plains
- Fishkill Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Groveville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groveville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Hopewell Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Junction
- Hopewell Junction is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopewell Junction <4>
- Howland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Knapps Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knapps Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapps Corner
- Knapps Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Middle Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middle Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Hope
- Middle Hope is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middle Hope <4>
How Far From Birchwood Park 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 Birchwood Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Birchwood Park and extending to:
- Poughkeepsie, which is the Seat of Dutchess County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Birchwood Park to Poughkeepsie, with an average speed<5> 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.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 247 miles [397.5 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,655 miles [9,100.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,364 miles [10,241.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,240 miles [6,823.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Birchwood Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dutchess County: www.dutchessny.gov/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Birchwood Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Birchwood Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5631, Longitude: -73.9025 In this case, the coordinates for Birchwood Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Birchwood Park 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Birchwood Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.787 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.479 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.232 degrees. |