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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 Piermont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Piermont and the surrounding area.
- 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 Piermont:
- 41.042446, -73.914736
- 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 Piermont
- 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 Piermont 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 Piermont
Communities Also Named Piermont ...
We found four communities that are also named Piermont.
Within New York, the name Piermont is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Red River Parish
- This Piermont is located in Red River Parish and lies 1,240 miles [1,995.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Piermont that is located in Rockland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River Parish community of Piermont.
- Nevada
- White Pine 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 Nevada community of Piermont [White Pine County].
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- This Piermont is located in Grafton County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Piermont that is located in Rockland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Piermont.
- Vermont
- Orange 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 Vermont community of Piermont [Orange County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Piermont ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cecil Park is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil Park
- Central Nyack
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Central Nyack is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Nyack
- Elmsford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fox Meadow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Meadow is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
- Glenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Grey Oaks
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grey Oaks is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Oaks
- Greystone
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greystone is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Hartsdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kings Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kings Woods is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Woods
- Mount Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Orangeburg
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Park Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Park Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Pearl River
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- River Vale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- River Vale is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Vale
- Rockland Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rockland Lake is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland Lake
- Sleepy Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tarrytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Twombly Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Twombly Landing is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twombly Landing
- Valley Cottage
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Valley Cottage is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cottage
How Far From Piermont 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 village such as Piermont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Piermont and extending to:
- New City, which is the Seat of Rockland County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- 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 Piermont to Albany, with an average speed<5>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 221 miles [355.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,676 miles [9,134.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,260 miles [6,855.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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- Piermont) 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 Piermont, 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 Piermont 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Piermont 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 Piermont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0424, Longitude: -73.9147 In this case, the coordinates for Piermont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.853 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.47 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.475 degrees. |
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