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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 Pearl River, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pearl River 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 Pearl River:
    • 41.058985, -74.021806
    • 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 Pearl River
  • 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 Pearl River ...

We found three communities that share the name Pearl River.

Within New York, the name Pearl River is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This Pearl River is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pearl River that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Pearl River.
    • Mississippi
      • Hancock 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 Mississippi community of Pearl River [Hancock County].
      • Neshoba County
      • This Pearl River is located in Neshoba County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pearl River that is located in Rockland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Neshoba County community of Pearl River.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pearl River ...

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.

  • Central Nyack
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack
    • Central Nyack is located in Rockland County
  • Chestnut Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestnut Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Ridge
    • Chestnut Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ)
  • Hillcrest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillcrest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
    • Hillcrest is located in Rockland County
  • Ho-Ho-Kus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ho-Ho-Kus
    • Ho-Ho-Kus is located in Bergen County (NJ)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Bergen County (NJ)
  • New City Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New City Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City Park
    • New City Park is located in Rockland County
  • New Square
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Square
    • New Square is located in Rockland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,014 people
  • Orangeburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Park Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Park Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
    • Park Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ)
  • River Vale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Vale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Vale
    • River Vale is located in Bergen County (NJ)
  • Spring Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Spring Valley is located in Rockland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,258 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Valley <4>
  • Spring Valley Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley Village
    • Spring Valley Village is located in Rockland County
  • Valley Cottage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cottage
    • Valley Cottage is located in Rockland County

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

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

  • New City, which is the Seat of Rockland County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Pearl River to Albany, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 218 miles [350.8 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<7> 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).<8>
  • 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).<9>
  • 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).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pearl River. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Rockland County: www.co.rockland.ny.us/

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- Pearl River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pearl River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0590, Longitude: -74.0218       In this case, the coordinates for Pearl River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Pearl River 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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 Pearl River to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.915 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.542 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.515 degrees.




 

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