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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 Monsey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Monsey 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 Monsey:
- 41.111207, -74.068475
- 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 Monsey
- 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 Rockland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockland County
- Since Monsey is near Bergen County and also Passaic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bergen County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic 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 Monsey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Monsey ...
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.
- Chestnut Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Happy Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Happy Valley is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Hillburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hillcrest is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Ladentown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ladentown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladentown
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- New City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- New City Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New City Park is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City Park
- New Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Square is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Square
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,014 people
- Park Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Park Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Pearl River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Quaker Park is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Park
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Spring Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spring Valley Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Summit Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Summit Park is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Park
- Valley Cottage
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Valley Cottage is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cottage
How Far From Monsey to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Monsey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Monsey and extending to:
- New City, which is the Seat of Rockland County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Monsey 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 219 miles [352.4 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 5,680 miles [9,141.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,264 miles [6,862.2 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 '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- Monsey) 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 Monsey 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 Monsey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1112, Longitude: -74.0685 In this case, the coordinates for Monsey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.937 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.576 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.512 degrees. |
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