Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Drewville Heights:
  • 41.392038, -73.635962
  • 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 Drewville Heights

• 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 Drewville Heights is near Westchester County and also Fairfield 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 Fairfield 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 Drewville Heights

Curious and Interesting Names Near Drewville Heights ...

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.

• Butlerville
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Butlerville is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlerville
• Crafts
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Crafts is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
• Deans Corner
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Deans Corner is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corner
• Deforest Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
• Field Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Field Corners is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Corners
• Heritage Hills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
• Kent Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Kent Corners is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Corners
• Lake Purdy
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lake Purdy is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
• Milltown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Milltown is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
• Peach Lake
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Peach Lake is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Lake
• Sodom
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Sodom is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom

How Far From Drewville Heights to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Drewville Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Drewville Heights and extending to:

• Carmel, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies just to the Northwest.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Drewville Heights to Albany, with an average speed<2>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 248 miles [399.1 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,651 miles [9,094.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,235 miles [6,815.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'