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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 Snufftown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Snufftown 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 Snufftown:
- 41.323150, -74.430156
- 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 Snufftown
- 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 Snufftown is near Sussex County and also Passaic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sussex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Passaic 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 Snufftown
Communities Also Named Snufftown ...
We found two communities that are also named Snufftown.
Within New York, the name Snufftown is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Allegany 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 Maryland community of Snufftown [Allegany County].
- Pennsylvania
- Northumberland County
- This Snufftown is located in Northumberland County and lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Snufftown that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Snufftown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Snufftown ...
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.
- Cedarcrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedarcrest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcrest
- Deer Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Deer Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Eden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Edenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Edenville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
- Florida
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Homestead Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homestead Village is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Village
- Little York
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Little York is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Otter Kill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otter Kill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Kill
- Pine Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Island is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Rocky Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Slate Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Loaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Unionville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Snufftown 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 Snufftown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Snufftown and extending to:
- Goshen, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Snufftown to Albany, with an average speed<4>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 216 miles [347.6 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 5,687 miles [9,152.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,396 miles [10,293.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,272 miles [6,875.1 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 Snufftown 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Snufftown) 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 Snufftown 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 Snufftown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3231, Longitude: -74.4302 In this case, the coordinates for Snufftown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.131 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.829 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.576 degrees. |
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