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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 Kiamesha Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kiamesha Lake 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 Kiamesha Lake:
- 41.683147, -74.660717
- 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 Kiamesha Lake
- 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Since Kiamesha Lake is near Ulster County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ulster County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Kiamesha Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kiamesha 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.
- Bushville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bushville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
- Dairyland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dairyland is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
- Divine Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Divine Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine Corners
- Fallsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ferndale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Melody Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Melody Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Lake
- Rock Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Smallwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Squirrels Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Squirrels Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrels Corners
- Swan Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Kiamesha Lake to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kiamesha Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kiamesha Lake and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Kiamesha Lake 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 229 miles [368.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,682 miles [9,144.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,393 miles [10,288.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,269 miles [6,870.3 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' (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- Kiamesha Lake) 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 Kiamesha Lake 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 Kiamesha Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6831, Longitude: -74.6607 In this case, the coordinates for Kiamesha Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.231 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.00 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.517 degrees. |
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