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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 South Blooming Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Blooming Grove 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 South Blooming Grove:
- 41.373456, -74.179060
- 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 South Blooming Grove
- 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 South Blooming Grove is near Greene County and also Rockland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 South Blooming Grove
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Blooming Grove ...
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.
- Blooming Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bull Mine
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bull Mine is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Mine
- Central Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Craigville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Craigville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Greycourt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greycourt is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greycourt
- Hillside Plaza
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillside Plaza is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Plaza
- Marycrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marycrest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marycrest
- Mountain House
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mountain House is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain House
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mountain Lodge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Lodge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lodge
- Mountainville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Otter Kill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Otter Kill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Kill
- Rural Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rural Ridge is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Ridge
- Salisbury Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Maples
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Silver Maples is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Maples
How Far From South Blooming Grove 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 South Blooming Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Blooming Grove and extending to:
- Goshen, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 91 miles [146.5 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from South Blooming Grove to Albany, with an average speed<3>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 most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 227 miles [365.3 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 5,674 miles [9,131.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,383 miles [10,272.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,259 miles [6,854.2 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 '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- South Blooming Grove) 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 South Blooming Grove 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 South Blooming Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3735, Longitude: -74.1791 In this case, the coordinates for South Blooming Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.974 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.66 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.442 degrees. |
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