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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 Meads Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Meads Corners 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 Meads Corners:
- 41.483704, -73.768466
- 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 Meads Corners
- 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Since Meads Corners is near Dutchess County and also Westchester 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 Westchester 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 Meads Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Meads Corners ...
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.
- Bullet Hole
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bullet Hole is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullet Hole
- Crafts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Dennytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dennytown is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennytown
- Farmers Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Field Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Field Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Corners
- Fishkill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Corners
- Green Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Harmony Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harmony Park is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Park
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Hopewell Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kent Cliffs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kent Cliffs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cliffs
- Kent Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kent Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Corners
- Kent Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kent Hills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Hills
- Pecksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pecksville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksville
- Stormville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Meads Corners 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 Meads Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Meads Corners and extending to:
- Carmel, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 81 miles [130.4 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Meads Corners 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 248 miles [399.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,652 miles [9,096 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,361 miles [10,237 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,237 miles [6,818.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Meads Corners) 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 Meads Corners 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 Meads Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4837, Longitude: -73.7685 In this case, the coordinates for Meads Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.715 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.386 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.209 degrees. |
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