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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 Bushville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bushville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bushville:
    • 41.372594, -74.569883
    • 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 Bushville
  • 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 Bushville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Bushville.

There are two communities within New York that are also named Bushville.

Beyond New York, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Genesee County
      • This Bushville is located in Genesee County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bushville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Bushville.
    • Sullivan County
      • This Bushville is located in Sullivan County and lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bushville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Bushville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Hall County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Bushville.
    • Iowa
      • Taylor County
      • This Bushville is located in Taylor County and lies 1,047 miles [1,685 km]<1> to the west of the Bushville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Bushville.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Martin Parish
      • This Bushville is located in Saint Martin Parish and lies 1,227 miles [1,974.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bushville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Martin Parish community of Bushville.
    • Michigan
      • Cheboygan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bushville [Cheboygan County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Bushville lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bushville that is located in Orange County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bushville ...

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.

  • Cuddebackville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuddebackville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuddebackville
    • Cuddebackville is located in Orange County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuddebackville <5>
  • Deer Run
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
    • Deer Run is located in Orange County
  • Eden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Eden is located in Orange County
  • Finchville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
    • Finchville is located in Orange County
  • Greenville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Greenville is located in Orange County
  • Logtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Logtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
    • Logtown is located in Orange County
  • Mount Hope
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Mount Hope is located in Orange County
  • Pine Island
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
    • Pine Island is located in Orange County
  • Rockport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockport have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
    • Rockport is located in Sussex County (NJ)
  • Roses Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roses Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses Point
    • Roses Point is located in Orange County
  • Slate Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slate Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Hill
    • Slate Hill is located in Orange County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slate Hill <5>
  • Unionville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Unionville is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unionville <5>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bushville and extending to:

  • Goshen, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Bushville to Goshen, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 214 miles [344.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,691 miles [9,158.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,401 miles [10,301.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,276 miles [6,881.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bushville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Orange County: www.co.orange.ny.us/

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 '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- Bushville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bushville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3726, Longitude: -74.5699       In this case, the coordinates for Bushville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bushville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bushville 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.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Bushville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.209 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.926 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.616 degrees.









 

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