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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 Cecil Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cecil Park 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 Cecil Park:
- 40.975098, -73.818467
- 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 Cecil Park
- 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 Cecil Park is near Bergen County and also Rockland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bergen County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockland 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 Cecil Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cecil Park ...
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.
- Dunwoodie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dunwoodie is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoodie
- Fleetwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fleetwood is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
- Forest Knolls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Knolls is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knolls
- Fox Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Meadow is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Greenville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Grey Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Grey Oaks is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Oaks
- Greystone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greystone is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Hartsdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Heath Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Heath Ridge is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Ridge
- Maplewood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Maplewood is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Mount Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Hope is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Quaker Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Quaker Ridge is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Ridge
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Scarsdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scarsdale Downs
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Scarsdale Downs is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale Downs
- Victory Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Victory Park is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Park
- White Birches
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- White Birches is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Birches
How Far From Cecil Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cecil Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cecil Park and extending to:
- White Plains, which is the Seat of Westchester County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Cecil Park to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 222 miles [357.3 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 4,258 miles [6,852.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cecil Park) 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 Cecil Park 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 Cecil Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9751, Longitude: -73.8185 In this case, the coordinates for Cecil Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.803 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.402 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.464 degrees. |
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