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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 Southfields, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southfields 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 Southfields:
- 41.244816, -74.175424
- 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 Southfields
- 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 Southfields is near Rockland County and also Passaic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockland 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 Southfields
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southfields ...
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.
- Cedar Flats
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Flats is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flats
- Central Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dutch Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Eagle Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Valley
- Greenwood Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hillside Plaza
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hillside Plaza is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Plaza
- Indian Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Indian Hill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill
- Indian Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Indian Park is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Park
- Ladentown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ladentown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladentown
- Lakeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Marycrest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Marycrest is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marycrest
- Mountain House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain House is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain House
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Quaker Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Quaker Park is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Park
- Silver Maples
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Silver Maples is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Maples
- Sugar Loaf
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tuxedo Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
How Far From Southfields 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 community such as Southfields to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Southfields and extending to:
- Goshen, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Southfields to Goshen, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 99 miles [159.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 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 5,679 miles [9,139.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,264 miles [6,862.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Southfields) 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 Southfields 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 Southfields. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2448, Longitude: -74.1754 In this case, the coordinates for Southfields have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.986 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.653 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.498 degrees. |
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