Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Brewster Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brewster Hill and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Brewster Hill

• 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 Brewster Hill:
  • 41.423983, -73.604294
  • 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 Brewster Hill

• 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
  • Since Brewster Hill is near Fairfield County and also Westchester 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 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 Brewster Hill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brewster Hill ...

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.

• Crafts
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Crafts is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
• Deans Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Deans Corner is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corner
• Deforest Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
• Field Corners
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Field Corners is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Corners
• Harmony Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Harmony Park is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Park
• Kent Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Kent Corners is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Corners
• Milltown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Milltown is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
• Peach Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Peach Lake is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake
• Sodom
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Sodom is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
• Towners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Towners is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners

How Far From Brewster Hill 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 Brewster Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Brewster Hill and extending to:

• Carmel, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies just to the West.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Brewster Hill to Albany, with an average speed<2>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 251 miles [403.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,648 miles [9,089.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,356 miles [10,229 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,232 miles [6,810.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'