Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Collabar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Collabar and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Collabar

• 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 Collabar:
  • 41.534260, -74.316819
  • 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 Collabar

• 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
  • Since Collabar is near Sullivan County and also Ulster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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 Collabar

Curious and Interesting Names Near Collabar ...

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.

• Bullville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Bullville is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullville
• Circleville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Circleville is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circleville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Circleville <1>
• Crystal Run
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Crystal Run is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Run
• Fair Oaks
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Fair Oaks is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
• Kaisertown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Kaisertown is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaisertown
• Keystone Park
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Keystone Park is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
• Maybrook
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Maybrook is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybrook
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,652 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maybrook <1>
• Michigan Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Michigan Corners is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Corners
• Pine Bush
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pine Bush is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bush
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine Bush <1>
• Red Mills
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Red Mills is located in Ulster County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
• Rockville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rockville is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
• Scotchtown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Scotchtown is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotchtown <1>
• Stony Ford
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Stony Ford is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Collabar and extending to:

• Goshen, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Collabar to Goshen, with an average speed<3> 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 82 miles [132 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 231 miles [371.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,259 miles [6,854.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'