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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 Sneden Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sneden Landing 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 Sneden Landing:
- 41.011486, -73.903469
- 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 Sneden Landing
- 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 Sneden Landing 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 Sneden Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sneden Landing ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cecil Park is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil Park
- Elmsford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Meadow
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Grey Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grey Oaks is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey Oaks
- Greystone
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greystone is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greystone
- Hartsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kings Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kings Woods is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Woods
- Mount Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Orangeburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- River Vale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- River Vale is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Vale
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Sleepy Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tarrytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Twombly Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Twombly Landing is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twombly Landing
- Yonkers
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
How Far From Sneden Landing 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 community such as Sneden Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sneden Landing and extending to:
- New City, which is the Seat of Rockland County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sneden Landing to New City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 220 miles [354.1 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 5,677 miles [9,136.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,261 miles [6,857.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sneden Landing) 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 Sneden Landing 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 Sneden Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0115, Longitude: -73.9035 In this case, the coordinates for Sneden Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.85 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.461 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.484 degrees. |
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