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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 Continental Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Continental Village 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 Continental Village:
- 41.340094, -73.903749
- 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 Continental Village
- 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Since Continental Village is near Westchester County and also Orange 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 Orange 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 Continental Village
Communities Also Named Continental Village ...
We found two communities that are also named Continental Village.
Within New York, the name Continental Village is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- This Continental Village is located in Maricopa County and lies 2,130 miles [3,427.9 km]<1> to the west of the Continental Village that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Continental Village.
- Illinois
- Lake 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 Illinois community of Continental Village [Lake County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Continental Village ...
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.
- Gallows Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gallows Hill is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallows Hill
- Gilbert Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Corners
- Highland Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Point is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Point
- Lake Mohegan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Lake Peekskill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Peekskill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasantside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasantside is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantside
- Roe Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roe Park is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Park
- Sunnybrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnybrook is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Toddville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Toddville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
How Far From Continental Village 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 Continental Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Continental Village and extending to:
- Carmel, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Continental Village to Carmel, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 91 miles [146.5 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 236 miles [379.8 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 5,664 miles [9,115.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,372 miles [10,254.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,248 miles [6,836.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Continental Village) 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 Continental Village 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 Continental Village 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 Continental Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3401, Longitude: -73.9037 In this case, the coordinates for Continental Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.813 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.473 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.335 degrees. |
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