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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 Fort Clinton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Clinton 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 Fort Clinton:
- 41.318705, -73.987918
- 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 Fort Clinton
- 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Since Fort Clinton is near Rockland County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockland 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 Fort Clinton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Clinton ...
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 Flats
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Flats is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flats
- Central Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continental Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Furnace Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Furnace Woods is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Woods
- Gallows Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gallows Hill is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallows Hill
- Highland Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jones Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Point is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Point
- King's Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- King's Ferry is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King's Ferry
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lake Peekskill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Peekskill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantside is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantside
- Roe Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Roe Park is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Park
- Stony Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Toddville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Toddville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
How Far From Fort Clinton 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 Fort Clinton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort Clinton and extending to:
- Goshen, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Clinton to Goshen, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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 93 miles [149.7 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 232 miles [373.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,668 miles [9,121.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,377 miles [10,262.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,253 miles [6,844.5 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Clinton) 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 Fort Clinton 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 Fort Clinton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3187, Longitude: -73.9879 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Clinton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.866 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.529 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.382 degrees. |
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