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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 Scarsdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scarsdale 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 Scarsdale:
    • 40.990193, -73.777310
    • 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 Scarsdale
  • 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 Scarsdale is near Fairfield County and also Rockland 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 Rockland 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 Scarsdale

Communities Also Named Scarsdale ...

We found five communities that are also named Scarsdale.

Within New York, the name Scarsdale is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Scarsdale [Cook County].
    • Louisiana
      • Plaquemines Parish
      • This Scarsdale is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 1,189 miles [1,913.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the Scarsdale that is located in Westchester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Scarsdale.
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Scarsdale is located in Wake County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Scarsdale that is located in Westchester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Scarsdale.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Scarsdale lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Scarsdale that is located in Westchester County.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Scarsdale is located in Harris County and lies 1,434 miles [2,307.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Scarsdale that is located in Westchester County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Scarsdale.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Scarsdale ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cecil Park is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil Park
  • Forest Knolls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Forest Knolls is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knolls
  • Fox Meadow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Fox Meadow is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
  • Greenville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Greenville is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Hartsdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Heath Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Heath Ridge is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Ridge
  • Maplewood
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Maplewood is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Quaker Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Quaker Ridge is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Ridge
  • Scarsdale Downs
    (Less than 2 miles 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 east)
    • Sunset Ridge is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
  • Victory Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Victory Park is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Park
  • White Birches
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • White Birches is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Birches

How Far From Scarsdale 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 village such as Scarsdale to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • White Plains, which is the Seat of Westchester County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Scarsdale to Albany, with an average speed<4>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 225 miles [362.1 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 5,673 miles [9,129.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • 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).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Scarsdale 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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Scarsdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Scarsdale 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 Scarsdale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9902, Longitude: -73.7773       In this case, the coordinates for Scarsdale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.777 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.375 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.439 degrees.