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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 East Chester, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Chester 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 East Chester:
- 41.354538, -74.277095
- 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 East Chester
- 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 East Chester is near Sussex County and also Passaic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic 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 East Chester
Communities Also Named East Chester ...
We found three communities that are also named East Chester.
Within New York, the name East Chester is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Hampshire
- Rockingham 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 New Hampshire community of East Chester [Rockingham County].
- Nova Scotia
- This East Chester lies 553 miles [890 km]<2> to the east northeast of the East Chester that is located in Orange County.
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- This East Chester is located in Horry County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the East Chester that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of East Chester.
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Chester ...
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.
- Blooming Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Mine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bull Mine is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Mine
- Cedarcrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarcrest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcrest
- Chester
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Craigville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Craigville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Florida
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greycourt
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greycourt is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greycourt
- Hillside Plaza
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside Plaza is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Plaza
- Marycrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marycrest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marycrest
- Mountain House
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mountain House is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain House
- Otter Kill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Otter Kill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Kill
- Sugar Loaf
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
How Far From East Chester 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 East Chester to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Chester and extending to:
- Goshen, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from East Chester 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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 223 miles [358.9 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 5,679 miles [9,139.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,264 miles [6,862.2 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 East Chester 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- East Chester) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East Chester 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 East Chester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3545, Longitude: -74.2771 In this case, the coordinates for East Chester have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.035 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.726 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.494 degrees. |
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