Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Carmel Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carmel Hills and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Carmel Hills
- 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 Carmel Hills:
- 41.404538, -73.670685
- 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 Carmel Hills
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Since Carmel Hills is near Westchester County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Westchester County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Carmel Hills ...
We found one communities that share the name Carmel Hills.
Within New York, the name Carmel Hills is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Carmel Hills in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Monterey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Carmel Hills [Monterey County].
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carmel Hills ...
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.
- Bullet Hole
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullet Hole have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullet Hole
- Bullet Hole is located in Putnam County
- Butlerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butlerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlerville
- Butlerville is located in Westchester County
- Crafts
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Deans Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deans Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corner
- Deans Corner is located in Putnam County
- Deforest Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
- Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County
- Field Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Field Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Corners
- Field Corners is located in Putnam County
- Harmony Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Park
- Harmony Park is located in Putnam County
- Heritage Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Kent Cliffs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent Cliffs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cliffs
- Kent Cliffs is located in Putnam County
- Kent Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Corners
- Kent Corners is located in Putnam County
- Kent Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Hills
- Kent Hills is located in Putnam County
- Lake Purdy
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Purdy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Lake Purdy is located in Westchester County
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- Lincolndale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincolndale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolndale
- Lincolndale is located in Westchester County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincolndale <3>
- Milltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Peach Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peach Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake
- Peach Lake is located in Putnam County
- Sodom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Stillwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillwater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Stillwater is located in Putnam County
- Towners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lincolndale
How Far From Carmel Hills 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 Carmel Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Carmel Hills and extending to:
- Carmel, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 86 miles [138.4 km]<4> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Carmel Hills to Albany, with an average speed<5>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 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 5,652 miles [9,096 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,360 miles [10,235.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,236 miles [6,817.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Carmel Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Putnam County: www.putnamcountyny.com/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Carmel Hills 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Carmel Hills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carmel Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4045, Longitude: -73.6707 In this case, the coordinates for Carmel Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Carmel Hills 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 305.666 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.317 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.202 degrees. |