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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 Lyonsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lyonsville 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 Lyonsville:
- 41.848704, -74.212091
- 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 Lyonsville
- 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 Ulster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ulster County
- Since Lyonsville is near Dutchess County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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 Lyonsville
Communities Also Named Lyonsville ...
We found six communities that are also named Lyonsville.
Within New York, the name Lyonsville is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Tehama County
- This Lyonsville is located in Tehama County and lies 2,444 miles [3,933.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lyonsville that is located in Ulster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tehama County community of Lyonsville.
- Indiana
- Fayette County
- This Lyonsville is located in Fayette County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the west of the Lyonsville that is located in Ulster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Lyonsville.
- Kansas
- Dickinson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lyonsville [Dickinson County].
- Massachusetts
- Franklin County
- This Lyonsville is located in Franklin County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lyonsville that is located in Ulster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Lyonsville.
- New Jersey
- Morris County
- This Lyonsville is located in Morris County and lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the south of the Lyonsville that is located in Ulster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Lyonsville.
- West Virginia
- Nicholas County
- This Lyonsville is located in Nicholas County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lyonsville that is located in Ulster County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Lyonsville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lyonsville ...
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.
- Accord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bruceville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bruceville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Butterville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Butterville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterville
- Cherrytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cherrytown is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytown
- Granite
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Granite is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- High Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Krumville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Krumville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumville
- Maple Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Marbletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marbletown is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown
- Pine Bush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Bush is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bush
- Springtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Springtown is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
- Tabasco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tabasco is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabasco
How Far From Lyonsville 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 Lyonsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lyonsville and extending to:
- Kingston, which is the Seat of Ulster County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lyonsville to Kingston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 252 miles [405.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,656 miles [9,102.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,368 miles [10,248.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,243 miles [6,828.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lyonsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lyonsville 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Lyonsville 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 Lyonsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8487, Longitude: -74.2121 In this case, the coordinates for Lyonsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.94 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.699 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.239 degrees. |
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