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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 White Plains, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East White Plains 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 White Plains:
    • 41.038986, -73.747632
    • 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 White Plains
  • 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 Westchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Westchester County
    • Since East White Plains is near Fairfield County and also Rockland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockland 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 White Plains

Curious and Interesting Names Near East White Plains ...

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.

  • Cecil Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cecil Park is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil Park
  • Elmsford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Fox Meadow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fox Meadow is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
  • Glenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Glenville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
  • Greenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenville is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Hartsdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Heath Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Heath Ridge is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Ridge
  • Maplewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Maplewood is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Mount Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Purchase
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Purdys Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Purdys Grove is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdys Grove
  • Quaker Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Quaker Ridge is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Ridge
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Quarry Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Quarry Heights is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Heights
    • Rock Ridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Rock Ridge is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
    • Scarsdale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Scarsdale Downs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Scarsdale Downs is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale Downs
    • Sunset Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunset Ridge is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
    • White Birches
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • White Birches is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Birches

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

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

  • White Plains, which is the Seat of Westchester County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from East White Plains to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,669 miles [9,123.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,376 miles [10,261.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,253 miles [6,844.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East White Plains) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 White Plains 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 White Plains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0390, Longitude: -73.7476       In this case, the coordinates for East White Plains have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.754 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.357 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.404 degrees.