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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 Shady Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shady Brook 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 Shady Brook:
    • 41.683889, -73.869167
    • 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 Shady 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 Dutchess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
    • Since Shady Brook is near Ulster County and also Orange 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 Orange 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 Shady Brook

Communities Also Named Shady Brook ...

We found six communities that are also named Shady Brook.

Within New York, the name Shady Brook is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Shady Brook is located in Jefferson County and lies 917 miles [1,475.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Shady Brook that is located in Dutchess County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Shady Brook.
    • Kansas
      • Dickinson 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 Kansas community of Shady Brook [Dickinson County].
    • New Mexico
      • Taos County
      • This Shady Brook is located in Taos County and lies 1,724 miles [2,774.5 km]<1> to the west of the Shady Brook that is located in Dutchess County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taos County community of Shady Brook.
    • North Carolina
      • Cabarrus County
      • This Shady Brook is located in Cabarrus County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Shady Brook that is located in Dutchess County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cabarrus County community of Shady Brook.
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Shady Brook is located in Weber County and lies 1,954 miles [3,144.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Shady Brook that is located in Dutchess County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Shady Brook.
    • West Virginia
      • Lewis County
      • This Shady Brook is located in Lewis County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Shady Brook that is located in Dutchess County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Shady Brook.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shady 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.

  • Diddell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Diddell is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diddell
  • Fishkill Plains
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fishkill Plains is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill Plains
  • Freedom Plains
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Freedom Plains is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Plains
  • Hickory Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Hills is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
  • Highland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Highland Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Highland Landing is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Landing
  • Knapps Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Knapps Corner is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapps Corner
  • Red Oaks Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
  • Spackenkill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
  • Timothy Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Timothy Heights is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy Heights

How Far From Shady Brook 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 Shady Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Poughkeepsie, which is the Seat of Dutchess County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Shady Brook to Albany, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 254 miles [408.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,649 miles [9,091.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,358 miles [10,232.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,234 miles [6,814 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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- Shady Brook) 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 Shady Brook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Shady 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 Shady Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6839, Longitude: -73.8692       In this case, the coordinates for Shady Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.753 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.46 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.161 degrees.