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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 Kiryas Joel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kiryas Joel 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 Kiryas Joel:
- 41.342328, -74.167994
- 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 Kiryas Joel
- 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 Kiryas Joel is near Rockland County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Kiryas Joel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kiryas Joel ...
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.
- Blooming Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bull Mine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bull Mine is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Mine
- Central Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Craigville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greycourt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greycourt is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greycourt
- Hillside Plaza
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hillside Plaza is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Plaza
- Indian Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Indian Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
- Marycrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Marycrest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marycrest
- Mountain House
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mountain House is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain House
- Mountain Lodge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Lodge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lodge
- Silver Maples
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Silver Maples is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Maples
How Far From Kiryas Joel 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 village such as Kiryas Joel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kiryas Joel and extending to:
- Goshen, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Kiryas Joel to Goshen, with an average speed<3> 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 93 miles [149.7 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 most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 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 5,675 miles [9,133 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,260 miles [6,855.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kiryas Joel) 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 Kiryas Joel 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 Kiryas Joel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3423, Longitude: -74.1680 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.971 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.652 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.451 degrees. |
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