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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 Ellerslie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ellerslie 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 Ellerslie:
    • 41.894259, -73.942914
    • 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 Ellerslie
  • 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 Ulster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ulster County
    • Since Ellerslie is near Dutchess County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Ellerslie

Communities Also Named Ellerslie ...

We found nine communities that are also named Ellerslie.

There is one other community in New York that is also named Ellerslie.

Beyond New York, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Columbia 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 York community of Ellerslie [Columbia County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Pasco County
      • This Ellerslie is located in Pasco County and lies 1,045 miles [1,681.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Ellerslie that is located in Ulster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasco County community of Ellerslie.
    • Georgia
      • Harris County
      • This Ellerslie is located in Harris County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<2> to the southwest of the Ellerslie that is located in Ulster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Ellerslie.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Mary Parish
      • This Ellerslie is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 1,293 miles [2,080.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Ellerslie that is located in Ulster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Ellerslie.
    • Maryland
      • Allegany County
      • This Ellerslie is located in Allegany County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Ellerslie that is located in Ulster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Ellerslie.
    • Missouri
      • Callaway County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ellerslie [Callaway County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bedford 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 Pennsylvania community of Ellerslie [Bedford County].
      • Bucks County
      • This Ellerslie is located in Bucks County and lies 133 miles [214 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Ellerslie that is located in Ulster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Ellerslie.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Ellerslie lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Ellerslie that is located in Ulster County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ellerslie ...

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.

  • Bulls Head
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Bulls Head is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Head
  • Creeklocks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Creeklocks is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeklocks
  • Dashville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Dashville is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dashville
  • Hickorybush
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hickorybush is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickorybush
  • Hillside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hillside is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
  • Lincoln Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Maple Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Maple Hill is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
  • Pleasant Plains
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
  • Red Hook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverside Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Riverside Park is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
  • Rolling Meadows
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Rolling Meadows is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
  • Sawkill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sawkill is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawkill
  • Schultzville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Schultzville is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
  • Union Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Center is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ellerslie and extending to:

  • Kingston, which is the Seat of Ulster County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Ellerslie to Albany, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 263 miles [423.3 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 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,643 miles [9,081.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,354 miles [10,225.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,230 miles [6,807.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Ellerslie 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ellerslie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ellerslie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Ellerslie 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 Ellerslie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8943, Longitude: -73.9429       In this case, the coordinates for Ellerslie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.772 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.517 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.097 degrees.