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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 Fishkill Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fishkill Landing 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 Fishkill Landing:
- 41.520927, -73.982917
- 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 Fishkill Landing
- 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 Dutchess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
- Since Fishkill Landing is near Orange County and also Ulster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ulster 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 Fishkill Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fishkill Landing ...
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.
- Castle Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Castle Point is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Point
- Cedar Cliff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Cliff is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Cornwall Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Dutchess Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dutchess Junction is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Junction
- Fishkill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fostertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fostertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostertown
- Groveville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Meadow Winds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Meadow Winds is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Winds
- Middle Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Vails Gate
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Vails Gate Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Vails Gate Junction is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Gate Junction
How Far From Fishkill Landing 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 Fishkill Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Fishkill Landing once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Fishkill Landing and extending to:
- Poughkeepsie, which is the Seat of Dutchess County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fishkill Landing to Poughkeepsie, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 79 miles [127.1 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 242 miles [389.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,660 miles [9,108.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,369 miles [10,249.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,245 miles [6,831.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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> | 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 Fishkill Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fishkill Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Fishkill Landing 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 Fishkill Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5209, Longitude: -73.9829 In this case, the coordinates for Fishkill Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.84 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.532 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.287 degrees. |
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