Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in New Brighton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Brighton and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for New Brighton
- 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 New Brighton:
- 40.641935, -74.091717
- 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 New Brighton
- 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 Richmond County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Since New Brighton is near Hudson County and also Kings County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hudson County
- eBird sighting report for Kings 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 New Brighton ...
We found five communities that share the name New Brighton.
Within New York, the name New Brighton is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This New Brighton lies 2,436 miles [3,920.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Brighton that is located in Richmond County.
- California
- Santa Cruz 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 California community of New Brighton [Santa Cruz County].
- Kansas
- Jackson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of New Brighton [Jackson County].
- Minnesota
- Ramsey County
- This New Brighton is located in Ramsey County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Brighton that is located in Richmond County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ramsey County community of New Brighton.
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver County
- This New Brighton is located in Beaver County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the west of the New Brighton that is located in Richmond County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of New Brighton.
- British Columbia
Curious and Interesting Names Near New Brighton ...
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.
- Bath Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Beach
- Bath Beach is located in Kings County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bath Beach
- From New Brighton to Bath Beach
- Bulls Head
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bulls Head have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Head
- Bulls Head is located in Richmond County
- Cobble Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobble Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobble Hill
- Cobble Hill is located in Kings County
- Elizabethport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethport have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethport
- Elizabethport is located in Union County (NJ)
- Elm Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Fox Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Graniteville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- Graniteville is located in Richmond County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Graniteville
- From New Brighton to Graniteville
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Hudson County (NJ)
- Gulfport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Heartland Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heartland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village
- Heartland Village is located in Richmond County
- Liberty Square
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Square have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Square
- Liberty Square is located in Union County (NJ)
- Mariners Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mariners Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Harbor
- Mariners Harbor is located in Richmond County
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- Old Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Park Slope
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Slope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Slope
- Park Slope is located in Kings County
- Red Hook
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hook
- Red Hook is located in Kings County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Red Hook
- From New Brighton to Red Hook
- Rosebank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Sunnyside
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Union Square
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Square have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Square
- Union Square is located in Union County (NJ)
- Willowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Willowbrook is located in Richmond County
- Old Place
How Far From New Brighton 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 New Brighton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in New Brighton and extending to:
- Saint George, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from New Brighton to Albany, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 197 miles [317 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,700 miles [9,173.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,406 miles [10,309.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,283 miles [6,892.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Brighton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- New Brighton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Brighton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6419, Longitude: -74.0917 |
| <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 New Brighton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 New Brighton 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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 New Brighton 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 306.001 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.573 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.733 degrees. |