Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Rock Tavern, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rock Tavern and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Rock Tavern

• 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 Rock Tavern:
  • 41.466205, -74.191259
  • 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 Rock Tavern

• 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 Orange County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
  • Since Rock Tavern is near Ulster County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Ulster County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Rock Tavern

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rock Tavern ...

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.

• Blooming Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Blooming Grove is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blooming Grove <1>
• Bull Mine
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Bull Mine is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Mine
• Craigville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Craigville is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
• Kaisertown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Kaisertown is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaisertown
• Little Britain
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Little Britain is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
• Maybrook
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Maybrook is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybrook
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,652 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maybrook <1>
• Meadowbrook
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Meadowbrook is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
• Mountain Lodge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain Lodge is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lodge
• Orange Lake
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Orange Lake is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
• Rural Ridge
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Rural Ridge is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Ridge
• Salisbury Mills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Salisbury Mills is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Mills
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salisbury Mills <1>
• Stony Ford
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Stony Ford is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford
• Vails Gate
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Vails Gate is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Gate
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vails Gate <1>
• Vails Gate Junction
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Vails Gate Junction is located in Orange County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Gate Junction

How Far From Rock Tavern to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rock Tavern and extending to:

• Goshen, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Rock Tavern to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 232 miles [373.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,671 miles [9,126.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,380 miles [10,267.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,256 miles [6,849.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'