Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fordham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fordham and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fordham
- 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 Fordham:
- 40.859267, -73.898469
- 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 Fordham
- 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 Bronx County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bronx County
- Since Fordham is near New York County and also Bergen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for New York County
- eBird sighting report for Bergen 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fordham ...
We found six communities that share the name Fordham.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Fordham.
Beyond New York, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Missouri
- Pennsylvania
- Virginia
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Curious and Interesting Names Near Fordham ...
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.
- Esplanade Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esplanade Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esplanade Gardens
- Esplanade Gardens is located in New York County
- Harlem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Harlem is located in New York County
- High Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- High Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Hunts Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunts Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Point
- Hunts Point is located in Bronx County
- Kings Bridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge
- Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Lincoln
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Park Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Throgs Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throgs Neck
- Throgs Neck is located in Bronx County
- Unionport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - University Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- University Heights is located in Bronx County
- Woodlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Fordham 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 Fordham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fordham and extending to:
- Bronx, which is the Seat of Bronx County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Fordham to Albany, with an average speed<5>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 214 miles [344.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,683 miles [9,145.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,389 miles [10,282.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,266 miles [6,865.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fordham. 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 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 Fordham 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fordham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fordham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8593, Longitude: -73.8985 In this case, the coordinates for Fordham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Fordham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 Fordham 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 305.863 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.452 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.551 degrees. |