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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 King's Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to King's Ferry 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 King's Ferry:
    • 41.246111, -73.968333
    • 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 King's Ferry
  • 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 King's Ferry ...

We found five communities that share the name King's Ferry.

There is one other community in New York which is also named King's Ferry.

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

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Cayuga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of King's Ferry [Cayuga County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This King's Ferry is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the King's Ferry that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of King's Ferry.
    • Florida
      • Nassau County
      • This King's Ferry is located in Nassau County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the King's Ferry that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of King's Ferry.
    • Georgia
      • Camden County
      • This King's Ferry is located in Camden County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<2> to the southwest of the King's Ferry that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of King's Ferry.
    • Mississippi
      • Warren County
      • This King's Ferry is located in Warren County and lies 1,115 miles [1,794.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the King's Ferry that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of King's Ferry.

Curious and Interesting Names Near King's Ferry ...

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.

  • Cedar Flats
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Flats have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flats
    • Cedar Flats is located in Rockland County
  • Chimney Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chimney Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Corners
    • Chimney Corners is located in Westchester County
  • Doodletown ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doodletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
    • Doodletown is located in Rockland County
  • Felters Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Felters Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felters Corners
    • Felters Corners is located in Rockland County
  • Furnace Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Furnace Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Woods
    • Furnace Woods is located in Westchester County
  • Jones Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Point
    • Jones Point is located in Rockland County
  • Peekskill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasantside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasantside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantside
    • Pleasantside is located in Westchester County
  • Quaker Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quaker Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Park
    • Quaker Park is located in Rockland County
  • Stony Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Toddville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toddville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
    • Toddville is located in Westchester County
  • Willow Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
    • Willow Grove is located in Rockland County

How Far From King's Ferry 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 King's Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in King's Ferry and extending to:

  • New City, which is the Seat of Rockland County, lies just to the South.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from King's Ferry to Albany, with an average speed<5>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,670 miles [9,125 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,255 miles [6,847.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Rockland County: www.co.rockland.ny.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 King's Ferry 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- King's Ferry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in King's Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2461, Longitude: -73.9683       In this case, the coordinates for King's Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 King's Ferry 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 305.862 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.513 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.406 degrees.




 

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