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 High Bridge:
40.836767, -73.926804
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 High Bridge
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:
We found eleven communities that are also named High Bridge.
There are two communities within New York that are also named High Bridge.
Beyond New York, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In New York ...
New York County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of High Bridge [New York County].
Onondaga County
This High Bridge is located in Onondaga County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the High Bridge that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of High Bridge.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Idaho
Bingham County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of High Bridge [Bingham County].
Iowa
Dallas County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of High Bridge [Dallas County].
Kansas
Atchison County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of High Bridge [Atchison County].
Kentucky
Jessamine County
This High Bridge is located in Jessamine County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the High Bridge that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jessamine County community of High Bridge.
Maryland
Prince George's County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of High Bridge [Prince George's County].
New Hampshire
Hillsborough County
This High Bridge is located in Hillsborough County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the High Bridge that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of High Bridge.
New Jersey
Hunterdon County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of High Bridge [Hunterdon County].
Texas
Val Verde County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Val Verde County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Val Verde County community of High Bridge.
Wisconsin
Ashland County
This High Bridge is located in Ashland County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the High Bridge that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashland County community of High Bridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near High Bridge ...
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 (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
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 High Bridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in High Bridge and extending to:
Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from High Bridge 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 212 miles [341.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,685 miles [9,149.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,392 miles [10,286.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,268 miles [6,868.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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 High Bridge 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- High Bridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 High Bridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 High Bridge 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 High Bridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8368, Longitude: -73.9268 In this case, the coordinates for High Bridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.883 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.47 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.574 degrees.