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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 Buckhout Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buckhout Corners 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 Buckhout Corners:
- 41.133151, -73.818745
- 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 Buckhout Corners
- 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 Buckhout Corners is near Rockland County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 Buckhout Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buckhout Corners ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Glenville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Graham
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Mariandale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mariandale is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariandale
- Mount Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pleasantville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Quarry Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Quarry Heights is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Heights
- Sleepy Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Valley is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Tarrytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Buckhout Corners 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 Buckhout Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Buckhout Corners and extending to:
- White Plains, which is the Seat of Westchester County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- 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 Buckhout Corners 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 229 miles [368.5 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 5,669 miles [9,123.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,376 miles [10,261.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,252 miles [6,842.9 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buckhout Corners) 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 Buckhout Corners 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 Buckhout Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1332, Longitude: -73.8187 In this case, the coordinates for Buckhout Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.785 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.408 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.392 degrees. |
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