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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 Plains, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fishkill Plains 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 Plains:
- 41.607038, -73.830411
- 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 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 Dutchess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
- Since Fishkill Plains is near Orange County and also Putnam 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 Putnam 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 Plains
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fishkill 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.
- Cedar Cliff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cedar Cliff is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
- Diddell
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Diddell is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diddell
- Fishkill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Freedom Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Freedom Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Plains
- Green Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Hillside Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hillside Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Lake
- Hopewell Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Howland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Howland is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- Knapps Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Knapps Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapps Corner
- Red Oaks Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
- Shady Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shady Brook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
- Spackenkill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Stormville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Fishkill Plains to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 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 Fishkill Plains and extending to:
- Poughkeepsie, which is the Seat of Dutchess County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Fishkill Plains to Albany, with an average speed<3>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 4 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 252 miles [405.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,650 miles [9,092.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,235 miles [6,815.6 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- Fishkill 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 Fishkill 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 Fishkill Plains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6070, Longitude: -73.8304 In this case, the coordinates for Fishkill Plains have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.738 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.432 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.179 degrees. |
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