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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 Castle Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Castle Point 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 Castle Point:
- 41.546205, -73.959583
- 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 Castle Point
- 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 Dutchess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
- Since Castle Point is near Orange County and also Ulster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ulster 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 Castle Point
Communities Also Named Castle Point ...
We found three communities that are also named Castle Point.
Within New York, the name Castle Point is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This Castle Point is located in Saint Louis County and lies 879 miles [1,414.6 km]<1> to the west of the Castle Point that is located in Dutchess County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Castle Point.
- New Jersey
- Hudson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Castle Point [Hudson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Castle Point ...
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.
- Cedar Cliff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Cliff is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Dutchess Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dutchess Junction is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Junction
- Fishkill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fishkill Landing ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fishkill Landing is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill Landing
- Fostertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fostertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostertown
- Groveville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Howland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Howland is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- Knapps Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Knapps Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapps Corner
- Meadow Winds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Meadow Winds is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Winds
- Middle Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Castle Point 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 Castle Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Castle Point and extending to:
- Poughkeepsie, which is the Seat of Dutchess County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Castle Point to Poughkeepsie, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 77 miles [123.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 244 miles [392.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,658 miles [9,105.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,367 miles [10,246.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,243 miles [6,828.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Castle Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Castle Point 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Castle Point 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 Castle Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5462, Longitude: -73.9596 In this case, the coordinates for Castle Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.823 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.517 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.265 degrees. |
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