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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 Mamakating Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mamakating Park 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 Mamakating Park:
- 41.612038, -74.537937
- 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 Mamakating Park
- 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 Mamakating Park 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 Mamakating Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mamakating Park ...
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.
- Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Haven is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven
- High View
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- High View is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High View
- Melody Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Melody Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Lake
- Mount Prosper
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mount Prosper is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Prosper
- Rock Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summitville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Yankee Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
How Far From Mamakating Park 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 community such as Mamakating Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mamakating Park and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 82 miles [132 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Mamakating Park 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 5,679 miles [9,139.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,390 miles [10,283.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,266 miles [6,865.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mamakating Park) 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 Mamakating Park 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 Mamakating Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6120, Longitude: -74.5379 In this case, the coordinates for Mamakating Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.164 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.913 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.494 degrees. |
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