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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 Jefferson Valley - Yorktown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jefferson Valley - Yorktown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Jefferson Valley - Yorktown
- 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 Jefferson Valley - Yorktown:
- 41.316874, -73.801722
- 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 Jefferson Valley - Yorktown
- 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 Westchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westchester County
- Since Jefferson Valley - Yorktown is near Putnam County and also Rockland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockland 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 Jefferson Valley - Yorktown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jefferson Valley - Yorktown ...
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.
- Armawalk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Armawalk is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armawalk
- Bullet Hole
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bullet Hole is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullet Hole
- Continental Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Furnace Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace Woods is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Woods
- Gallows Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gallows Hill is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallows Hill
- Granite Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Heritage Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Huntersville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Huntersville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Lake Mohegan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Lake Peekskill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lincolndale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasantside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasantside is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantside
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Roe Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Roe Park is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe Park
- Stillwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Sunnybrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnybrook is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Toddville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Toddville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
How Far From Jefferson Valley - Yorktown 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 Jefferson Valley - Yorktown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Jefferson Valley - Yorktown and extending to:
- White Plains, which is the Seat of Westchester County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Jefferson Valley - Yorktown to White Plains, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the north (N). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 238 miles [383 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 5,661 miles [9,110.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,369 miles [10,249.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,245 miles [6,831.7 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jefferson Valley - Yorktown) 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 Jefferson Valley - Yorktown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.754 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.403 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.30 degrees. |
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