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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 Hasbrouck, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hasbrouck 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 Hasbrouck:
- 41.791202, -74.614604
- 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 Hasbrouck
- 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 Hasbrouck is near Ulster County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ulster County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Hasbrouck
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hasbrouck ...
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.
- Curry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Curry is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
- Dairyland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dairyland is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
- Divine Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Divine Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine Corners
- Fallsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ferndale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grahamsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Neversink
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
How Far From Hasbrouck 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 Hasbrouck to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hasbrouck and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hasbrouck to Monticello, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 73 miles [117.5 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 236 miles [379.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,675 miles [9,133 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,387 miles [10,278.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,263 miles [6,860.6 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 '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- Hasbrouck) 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 Hasbrouck 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 Hasbrouck. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7912, Longitude: -74.6146 In this case, the coordinates for Hasbrouck have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.191 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.972 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.447 degrees. |
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