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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 Centenary, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Centenary 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 Centenary:
    • 41.177873, -73.965695
    • 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 Centenary
  • 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 Rockland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockland County
    • Since Centenary is near Westchester County and also Bergen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Westchester County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bergen 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 Centenary

Communities Also Named Centenary ...

We found eight communities that are also named Centenary.

Within New York, the name Centenary is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Crenshaw County
      • This Centenary is located in Crenshaw County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Centenary that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crenshaw County community of Centenary.
    • Indiana
      • Vermillion County
      • This Centenary is located in Vermillion County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the west of the Centenary that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermillion County community of Centenary.
    • Louisiana
      • Caddo Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Centenary [Caddo Parish].
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • This Centenary is located in Gallia County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Centenary that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Centenary.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Centenary.
    • South Carolina
      • Marion County
      • This Centenary is located in Marion County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Centenary that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Centenary.
    • Virginia
      • Buckingham County
      • This Centenary is located in Buckingham County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Centenary that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buckingham County community of Centenary.
      • Norfolk City
      • 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 Virginia community of Centenary [Norfolk City].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Centenary ...

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 Flats
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Flats is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flats
  • Central Nyack
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Central Nyack is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack
  • Chimney Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Chimney Corners is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Corners
  • Felters Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Felters Corners is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felters Corners
  • Happy Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Happy Valley is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
  • Hillcrest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillcrest is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
  • King's Ferry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • King's Ferry is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Ferry
  • Ladentown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ladentown is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladentown
  • Mariandale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Mariandale is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariandale
  • New City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • New City is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
  • New City Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • New City Park is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City Park
  • New Square
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • New Square is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Square
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,014 people
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Quaker Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Quaker Park is located in Rockland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Park
    • Rockland Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockland Lake is located in Rockland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Lake
    • Spring Valley Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Valley Village is located in Rockland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley Village
    • Stony Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Summit Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Summit Park is located in Rockland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
    • Valley Cottage
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Valley Cottage is located in Rockland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cottage
    • Willow Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Willow Grove is located in Rockland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove

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

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

  • New City, which is the Seat of Rockland County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Centenary to Albany, with an average speed<4>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 three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,673 miles [9,129.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,381 miles [10,269.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,257 miles [6,851 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 from Point A (ie- Centenary) 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 Centenary 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 Centenary 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 Centenary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1779, Longitude: -73.9657       In this case, the coordinates for Centenary have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.868 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.509 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.436 degrees.