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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 Stuyvesant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stuyvesant 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 Stuyvesant:
    • 42.390361, -73.781513
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Stuyvesant
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Stuyvesant ...

We found two communities that share the name Stuyvesant.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Stuyvesant.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Stuyvesant in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Kings 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 New York community of Stuyvesant [Kings County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Osborne 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 Kansas community of Stuyvesant [Osborne County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stuyvesant ...

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.

  • Climax
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Climax have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
    • Climax is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Climax <3>
  • Coxsackie
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Deans Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deans Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Mill
    • Deans Mill is located in Greene County
  • Kinderhook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Newton Hook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newton Hook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hook
    • Newton Hook is located in Columbia County
  • Otter Hook
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Hook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Hook
    • Otter Hook is located in Greene County
  • Paradise Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
    • Paradise Hill is located in Greene County
  • Poolsburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poolsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolsburg
    • Poolsburg is located in Columbia County
  • Roberts Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roberts Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Hill
    • Roberts Hill is located in Greene County
  • Sunnyside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyside have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Sunnyside is located in Columbia County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Stuyvesant and extending to:

  • Hudson, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Stuyvesant to Hudson, with an average speed<5> 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 18 miles [29 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 295 miles [474.8 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 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,616 miles [9,038.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,205 miles [6,767.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stuyvesant. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Columbia County: www.columbiacountyny.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Stuyvesant 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Stuyvesant) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stuyvesant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3904, Longitude: -73.7815       In this case, the coordinates for Stuyvesant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Stuyvesant to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.615 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.42 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.791 degrees.




 

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