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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 Windham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Windham 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 Windham:
    • 42.336751, -74.159028
    • 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 Windham
  • 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 Windham ...

We found one communities that share the name East Windham.

Within New York, the name East Windham is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named East Windham in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Cumberland 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 Maine community of East Windham [Cumberland County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Windham ...

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.

  • Cairo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cairo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
    • Cairo is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <3>
  • Cooksburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
    • Cooksburg is located in Albany County
  • Freehold
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freehold have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freehold
    • Freehold is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freehold <3>
  • Gayhead
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
    • Gayhead is located in Greene County
  • Greenville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hensonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hensonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensonville
    • Hensonville is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hensonville <3>
  • Hunter
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
    • Hunter is located in Greene County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hunter <3>
  • Lambs Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lambs Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
    • Lambs Corner is located in Albany County
  • Manorkill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
    • Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
  • Maplecrest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplecrest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecrest
    • Maplecrest is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maplecrest <3>
  • Medusa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • North Settlement
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Settlement
    • North Settlement is located in Greene County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Place Corners
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Place Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place Corners
      • Place Corners is located in Greene County
    • Potter Hollow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
      • Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
    • Round Top
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tannersville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in East Windham and extending to:

  • Catskill, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Windham to Catskill, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 281 miles [452.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,634 miles [9,067 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,348 miles [10,216.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,223 miles [6,796.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

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 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 Windham 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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Windham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Windham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3368, Longitude: -74.1590       In this case, the coordinates for East Windham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Windham 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 305.851 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.678 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.989 degrees.




 

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