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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 Fosterdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fosterdale 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 Fosterdale:
- 41.707589, -74.972110
- 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 Fosterdale
- 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Since Fosterdale is near Wayne County and also Pike County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike 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 Fosterdale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fosterdale ...
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.
- Bushville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bushville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
- Damascus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Falls Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Fallsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fallsdale is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsdale
- Hilltown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hilltown is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown
- Hunts Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hunts Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Lava
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lava is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
- Narrowsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Smallwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stalker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stalker is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalker
- Swan Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
How Far From Fosterdale 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 Fosterdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fosterdale and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fosterdale to Monticello, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 222 miles [357.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,694 miles [9,163.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,406 miles [10,309.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,281 miles [6,889.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fosterdale) 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 Fosterdale 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 Fosterdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7076, Longitude: -74.9721 In this case, the coordinates for Fosterdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.417 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.213 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.646 degrees. |
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