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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 Homestead Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Homestead Village 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 Homestead Village:
- 41.253056, -74.338056
- 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 Homestead Village
- 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 Homestead Village is near Sussex County and also Passaic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic 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 Homestead Village
Communities Also Named Homestead Village ...
We found two communities that are also named Homestead Village.
Within New York, the name Homestead Village is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Homestead Village is located in Harford County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Homestead Village that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Homestead Village.
- New Jersey
- Somerset 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 New Jersey community of Homestead Village [Somerset County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Homestead Village ...
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.
- Cedarcrest
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cedarcrest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcrest
- Cooper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cooper is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Dutch Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Edenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Edenville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
- Florida
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Park is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Park
- Lakeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Little York
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Little York is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Moe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Moe is located in Passaic County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moe
- Rocky Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rocky Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Snufftown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snufftown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snufftown
- Sugar Loaf
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Brook is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
How Far From Homestead Village 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 Homestead Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Homestead Village and extending to:
- Goshen, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Homestead Village to Goshen, with an average speed<4> 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 101 miles [162.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 216 miles [347.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,686 miles [9,150.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,395 miles [10,291.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,271 miles [6,873.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Homestead Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Homestead Village 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Homestead Village 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 Homestead Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2531, Longitude: -74.3381 In this case, the coordinates for Homestead Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.083 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.763 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.567 degrees. |
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