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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.

  • Weather ...
  • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on East Chester
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named East Chester ...

We found three communities that share the name East Chester.

Within New York, the name East Chester is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another three communities that are located throughout 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blooming Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
    • Blooming Grove is located in Orange County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blooming Grove <4>
  • Bull Mine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bull Mine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Mine
    • Bull Mine is located in Orange County
  • Cedarcrest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarcrest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcrest
    • Cedarcrest is located in Orange County
  • Chester
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Craigville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
    • Craigville is located in Orange County
  • Florida
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florida have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
    • Florida is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,886 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florida <4>
  • Greycourt
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greycourt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greycourt
    • Greycourt is located in Orange County
  • Hillside Plaza
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillside Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Plaza
    • Hillside Plaza is located in Orange County
  • Marycrest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marycrest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marycrest
    • Marycrest is located in Orange County
  • Mountain House
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain House have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain House
    • Mountain House is located in Orange County
  • Otter Kill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Kill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Kill
    • Otter Kill is located in Orange County
  • Sugar Loaf
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Loaf have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf
    • Sugar Loaf is located in Orange County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sugar Loaf <4>

How Far From East Chester 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 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<5>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<6> 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).<7>
  • 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).<8>
  • 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).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Chester. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Orange County: www.co.orange.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 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 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 '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.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).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.035 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.726 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.494 degrees.




 

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