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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 Mountainville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mountainville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Mountainville:
    • 41.403470, -74.078047
    • 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 Mountainville
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
    • Since Mountainville is near Greene County and also Putnam County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Mountainville

Communities Also Named Mountainville ...

We found four communities that are also named Mountainville.

Within New York, the name Mountainville is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • This Mountainville is located in Hancock County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mountainville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Mountainville.
    • New Jersey
      • Hunterdon County
      • This Mountainville is located in Hunterdon County and lies 62 miles [99.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mountainville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Mountainville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lehigh County
      • This Mountainville is located in Lehigh County and lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Mountainville that is located in Orange County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Mountainville.
    • Tennessee
      • Monroe County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mountainville [Monroe County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mountainville ...

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.

How Far From Mountainville 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 Mountainville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mountainville and extending to:

  • Goshen, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Mountainville to Goshen, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 233 miles [375 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,669 miles [9,123.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,378 miles [10,264.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,254 miles [6,846.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Mountainville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mountainville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Mountainville 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 Mountainville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4035, Longitude: -74.0780    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.91 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.593 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.383 degrees.