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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 Palisades, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palisades 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 Palisades:
    • 41.011274, -73.913362
    • 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 Palisades
  • 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 Palisades is near Bergen County and also Westchester 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 Westchester 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 Palisades

Communities Also Named Palisades ...

We found eight communities that are also named Palisades.

Within New York, the name Palisades is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Van Buren County
      • This Palisades is located in Van Buren County and lies 1,065 miles [1,714 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Palisades that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Palisades.
    • Idaho
      • Bonneville County
      • This Palisades is located in Bonneville County and lies 1,899 miles [3,056.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Palisades that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonneville County community of Palisades.
    • Illinois
      • DuPage County
      • This Palisades is located in DuPage County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the west of the Palisades that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Palisades.
    • Kentucky
      • Lyon County
      • This Palisades is located in Lyon County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Palisades that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Palisades.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Palisades [Saint Louis County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Palisades is located in Hamilton County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Palisades that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Palisades.
    • Texas
      • Randall County
      • This Palisades is located in Randall County and lies 1,564 miles [2,517 km]<1> to the west of the Palisades that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randall County community of Palisades.
    • Washington
      • Douglas County
      • This Palisades is located in Douglas County and lies 2,284 miles [3,675.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Palisades that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Palisades.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Palisades ...

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.

  • Cecil Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cecil Park is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil Park
  • Central Nyack
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Dunwoodie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dunwoodie is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoodie
  • Elmsford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fox Meadow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Fox Meadow is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
  • Glenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenville is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
  • Greenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Greenville is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Grey Oaks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Grey Oaks is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Oaks
  • Greystone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Greystone is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
  • Hartsdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Kings Woods
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Kings Woods is located in Bergen County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Woods
  • Mount Hope
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Hope is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
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How Far From Palisades to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Palisades to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • New City, which is the Seat of Rockland County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Palisades to New City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 220 miles [354.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,678 miles [9,137.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,385 miles [10,275.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,261 miles [6,857.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Palisades) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Palisades 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.
<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 Palisades 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 Palisades. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0113, Longitude: -73.9134    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.856 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.468 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.489 degrees.