Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Maybrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Maybrook and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Maybrook
- 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 Maybrook:
- 41.487905, -74.213032
- 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 Maybrook
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Since Maybrook is near Ulster County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ulster County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Maybrook ...
We found three communities that share the name Maybrook.
Within New York, the name Maybrook is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- Utah
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Maybrook ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blooming Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Blooming Grove is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blooming Grove <4>
- Craigville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Craigville is located in Orange County
- Crystal Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Run
- Crystal Run is located in Orange County
- Kaisertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kaisertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaisertown
- Kaisertown is located in Orange County
- Little Britain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Britain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Little Britain is located in Orange County
- Meadow Winds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Winds have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Winds
- Meadow Winds is located in Orange County
- Meadowbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Meadowbrook is located in Orange County
- Michigan Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Corners
- Michigan Corners is located in Orange County
- Mountain Lodge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Lodge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lodge
- Mountain Lodge is located in Orange County
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- Orange Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Rock Tavern
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Tavern have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Tavern
- Rock Tavern is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Tavern <4>
- Rural Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rural Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Ridge
- Rural Ridge is located in Orange County
- Salisbury Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salisbury Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Mills
- Salisbury Mills is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salisbury Mills <4>
- Scotchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Scotchtown is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotchtown <4>
- Stony Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford
- Stony Ford is located in Orange County
- Orange Lake
How Far From Maybrook 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 village such as Maybrook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Maybrook and extending to:
- Goshen, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Maybrook 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 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 232 miles [373.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,671 miles [9,126.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,381 miles [10,269.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,256 miles [6,849.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Maybrook: www.villageofmaybrook.com/
The official website for Orange County: www.co.orange.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 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 Maybrook 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maybrook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Maybrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4879, Longitude: -74.2130 In this case, the coordinates for Maybrook 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 Maybrook 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 305.982 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.687 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.405 degrees. |