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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 Highland Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highland Lake and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Highland Lake:
    • 41.523424, -74.851276
    • 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 Highland Lake
  • 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 Highland Lake ...

We found eight communities that share the name Highland Lake.

Within New York, the name Highland Lake is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • This Highland Lake is located in Blount County and lies 821 miles [1,321.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Highland Lake that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Highland Lake.
    • Colorado
      • Weld County
      • This Highland Lake is located in Weld County and lies 1,569 miles [2,525.1 km]<1> to the west of the Highland Lake that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Highland Lake.
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Highland Lake [Lake County].
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • This Highland Lake is located in Cumberland County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Highland Lake that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Highland Lake.
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • This Highland Lake is located in Howard County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Highland Lake that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Highland Lake.
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • This Highland Lake is located in Norfolk County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Highland Lake that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Highland Lake.
    • New Jersey
      • Sussex County
      • This Highland Lake is located in Sussex County and lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Highland Lake that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Highland Lake.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lycoming County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Highland Lake [Lycoming County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Highland Lake ...

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.

  • Forestburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forestburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestburg
    • Forestburg is located in Sullivan County
  • Fowlerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowlerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerville
    • Fowlerville is located in Sullivan County
  • Handsome Eddy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Handsome Eddy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsome Eddy
    • Handsome Eddy is located in Sullivan County
  • Knights Eddy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knights Eddy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Eddy
    • Knights Eddy is located in Sullivan County
  • Masthope
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
    • Masthope is located in Pike County (PA)
  • Masthope Rapids
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Masthope Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope Rapids
    • Masthope Rapids is located in Pike County (PA)
  • Mohican Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohican Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohican Lake
    • Mohican Lake is located in Sullivan County
  • Pond Eddy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pond Eddy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Eddy
    • Pond Eddy is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pond Eddy <4>
  • Smallwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Squirrels Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners
    • Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County
  • Twin Lakes
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
    • Twin Lakes is located in Pike County (PA)

How Far From Highland Lake 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 Highland Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Highland Lake and extending to:

  • Monticello, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Highland Lake to Monticello, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 96 miles [154.5 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 three full days and walking would take 6 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 5,696 miles [9,166.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,407 miles [10,311.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,283 miles [6,892.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Highland Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sullivan County: www.co.sullivan.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Highland Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Highland Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5234, Longitude: -74.8513       In this case, the coordinates for Highland Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Highland Lake 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.
<3>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.
<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 Highland Lake 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 306.363 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.123 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.674 degrees.




 

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