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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 Brownsell Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brownsell Corner 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 Brownsell Corner:
- 41.163706, -73.988195
- 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 Brownsell Corner
- 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 Rockland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockland County
- Since Brownsell Corner is near Westchester County and also Bergen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westchester County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bergen 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 Brownsell Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brownsell Corner ...
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.
- Felters Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Felters Corners is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felters Corners
- Happy Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Happy Valley is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Hillcrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Ladentown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ladentown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladentown
- New City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- New City Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New City Park is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City Park
- New Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Square is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Square
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,014 people
- Quaker Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Park is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Park
- Rockland Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockland Lake is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Lake
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Spring Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Summit Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Summit Park is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Valley Cottage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Cottage is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cottage
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
How Far From Brownsell Corner 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 Brownsell Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brownsell Corner and extending to:
- New City, which is the Seat of Rockland County, lies just to the South.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Brownsell Corner 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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 224 miles [360.5 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 5,675 miles [9,133 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,382 miles [10,270.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,259 miles [6,854.2 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- Brownsell Corner) 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 Brownsell Corner 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 Brownsell Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1637, Longitude: -73.9882 In this case, the coordinates for Brownsell Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.883 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.524 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.452 degrees. |
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