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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 Minisink Ford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Minisink Ford 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 Minisink Ford:
- 41.482590, -74.976835
- 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 Minisink Ford
- 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 Minisink Ford is near Pike County and also Wayne County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pike County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Minisink Ford
Curious and Interesting Names Near Minisink Ford ...
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.
- Fawn Lake Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fawn Lake Forest is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Lake Forest
- Frenchtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Frenchtown is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Handsome Eddy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Handsome Eddy is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsome Eddy
- Hunts Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hunts Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Lava
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lava is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
- Lords Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Masthope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Masthope is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope
- Masthope Rapids
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Masthope Rapids is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthope Rapids
- Mohican Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mohican Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohican Lake
- Narrowsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pond Eddy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
How Far From Minisink Ford 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 Minisink Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Minisink Ford and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Minisink Ford to Monticello, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 208 miles [334.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,703 miles [9,178.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,290 miles [6,904.1 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- Minisink Ford) 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 Minisink Ford 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 Minisink Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4826, Longitude: -74.9768 In this case, the coordinates for Minisink Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.443 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.207 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.748 degrees. |
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