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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 Oniontown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oniontown 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 Oniontown:
    • 41.722872, -73.584015
    • 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 Oniontown
  • 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 Dutchess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
    • Since Oniontown is near Litchfield County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Litchfield County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 Oniontown

Communities Also Named Oniontown ...

We found two communities that are also named Oniontown.

There is one other community in New York that is also named Oniontown.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Oniontown in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Madison County
      • This Oniontown is located in Madison County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oniontown that is located in Dutchess County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Oniontown.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Mercer County
      • This Oniontown is located in Mercer County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the west of the Oniontown that is located in Dutchess County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Oniontown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oniontown ...

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.

  • Bulls Bridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
  • Chestnut Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
  • Clove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Clove is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
  • Dogtail Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dogtail Corners is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtail Corners
  • Dover Furnace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Dover Furnace is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Furnace
  • Flanders
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Flanders is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanders
  • High Plains
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • High Plains is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Plains
  • Kent
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Kent Furnace
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kent Furnace is located in Litchfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Furnace
  • Littlerest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Littlerest is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlerest
  • Pleasant Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Ridge is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge

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

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

  • Poughkeepsie, which is the Seat of Dutchess County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Oniontown to Poughkeepsie, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 266 miles [428.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,635 miles [9,068.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,344 miles [10,209.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,220 miles [6,791.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oniontown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Oniontown 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 Oniontown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7229, Longitude: -73.5840       In this case, the coordinates for Oniontown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.576 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.268 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.015 degrees.