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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 Chappaqua, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chappaqua 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 Chappaqua:
- 41.159306, -73.764565
- 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 Chappaqua
- 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 Chappaqua is near Fairfield County and also Rockland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 Chappaqua
Communities Also Named Chappaqua ...
We found one communities that are also named Chappaqua.
Within New York, the name Chappaqua is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Chappaqua in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Greeley 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 Kansas community of Chappaqua [Greeley County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chappaqua ...
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.
- Elmsford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Glenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Graham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Huntersville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huntersville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Mariandale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mariandale is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariandale
- Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pleasantville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Quarry Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Quarry Heights is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Heights
- Sleepy Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Tarrytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Windmill Farm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Windmill Farm is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Farm
How Far From Chappaqua 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 Chappaqua to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Chappaqua and extending to:
- White Plains, which is the Seat of Westchester County, lies just to the South.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Chappaqua 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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 233 miles [375 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 5,665 miles [9,116.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,373 miles [10,256.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,249 miles [6,838.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Chappaqua 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chappaqua) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Chappaqua 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 Chappaqua. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1593, Longitude: -73.7646 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.75 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.373 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.356 degrees. |
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