Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Hughsonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hughsonville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hughsonville

• 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 Hughsonville:
  • 41.581528, -73.927841
  • 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 Hughsonville

• 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 Dutchess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
  • Since Hughsonville is near Orange County and also Ulster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ulster 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 Hughsonville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hughsonville ...

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.

• Castle Point
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Castle Point is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Point
• Cedar Cliff
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Cedar Cliff is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Cliff
• Diddell
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Diddell is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diddell
• Fishkill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,139 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fishkill <1>
• Fishkill Landing ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fishkill Landing is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill Landing
• Fishkill Plains
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Fishkill Plains is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill Plains
• Groveville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Groveville is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Groveville
  • From Hughsonville to Groveville
• Howland
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Howland is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
• Knapps Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Knapps Corner is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapps Corner
• Middle Hope
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Middle Hope is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Hope
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middle Hope <1>
• Red Oaks Mill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
• Spackenkill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hughsonville and extending to:

• Poughkeepsie, which is the Seat of Dutchess County, lies just to the North.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Hughsonville to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 247 miles [397.5 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 5,655 miles [9,100.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,365 miles [10,243.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,241 miles [6,825.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'