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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 Rye Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rye Brook 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 Rye Brook:
- 41.030208, -73.686380
- 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 Rye Brook
- 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 Westchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westchester County
- Since Rye Brook is near Fairfield County and also Nassau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau 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 Rye Brook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rye Brook ...
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.
- Elmsford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fox Meadow
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fox Meadow is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
- Glenville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Glenville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Greenhaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenhaven is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaven
- Greenwich
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hartsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Heath Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Heath Ridge is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Ridge
- Mianus
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mianus is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mianus
- Purchase
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Purdys Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Purdys Grove is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdys Grove
- Quaker Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Ridge is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Ridge
- Quarry Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Quarry Heights is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarry Heights
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Rock Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rock Ridge is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
- Scarsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Scarsdale Downs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Scarsdale Downs is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale Downs
- Sunset Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sunset Ridge is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
- White Birches
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Birches is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Birches
How Far From Rye Brook 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 village such as Rye Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rye Brook and extending to:
- White Plains, which is the Seat of Westchester County, lies just to the West.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 112 miles [180.2 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Rye Brook to Albany, with an average speed<3>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 230 miles [370.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,667 miles [9,120.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,374 miles [10,258 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,250 miles [6,839.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Rye Brook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rye Brook 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 Rye Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0302, Longitude: -73.6864 In this case, the coordinates for Rye Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.718 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.315 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.381 degrees. |
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