Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Sugar Loaf, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sugar Loaf and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Sugar Loaf
- 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 Sugar Loaf:
- 41.320927, -74.285428
- 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 Sugar Loaf
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Since Sugar Loaf is near Passaic County and also Sussex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Passaic County
- eBird sighting report for Sussex 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Sugar Loaf ...
We found ten communities that share the name Sugar Loaf.
Within New York, the name Sugar Loaf is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Boone 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 Arkansas community of Sugar Loaf [Boone County].
- Sebastian County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Sugar Loaf [Sebastian County].
- Idaho
- Jerome County
- This Sugar Loaf is located in Jerome County and lies 2,040 miles [3,283.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Sugar Loaf that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jerome County community of Sugar Loaf.
- Illinois
- Saint Clair 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 Illinois community of Sugar Loaf [Saint Clair County].
- Maryland
- Frederick 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 Sugar Loaf [Frederick County].
- Michigan
- Marquette County
- This Sugar Loaf is located in Marquette County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Sugar Loaf that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of Sugar Loaf.
- Nova Scotia
- This Sugar Loaf lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Sugar Loaf that is located in Orange County.
- Pennsylvania
- Columbia 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 Pennsylvania community of Sugar Loaf [Columbia County].
- Texas
- Coryell 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 Texas community of Sugar Loaf [Coryell County].
- Virginia
- Roanoke 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 Virginia community of Sugar Loaf [Roanoke County].
- Arkansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sugar Loaf ...
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.
- Bull Mine
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Cedarcrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarcrest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcrest
- Cedarcrest is located in Orange County
- Chester
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Chester is located in Orange County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,056 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
- Craigville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Craigville is located in Orange County
- Dutch Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Dutch Hollow is located in Orange County
- Florida
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florida have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Florida is located in Orange County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,886 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florida <4>
- Greenwood Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Lake
- Greenwood Lake is located in Orange County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,054 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood Lake <4>
- Greycourt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Hillside Plaza
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillside Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Plaza
- Hillside Plaza is located in Orange County
- Homestead Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homestead Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Village
- Homestead Village is located in Orange County
- Marycrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Mountain House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain House have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain House
- Mountain House is located in Orange County
- Otter Kill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Kill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Kill
- Otter Kill is located in Orange County
How Far From Sugar Loaf 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 Sugar Loaf to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sugar Loaf and extending to:
- Goshen, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 96 miles [154.5 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Sugar Loaf to Albany, with an average speed<5>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 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,681 miles [9,142.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,390 miles [10,283.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,266 miles [6,865.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sugar Loaf. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Orange County: www.co.orange.ny.us/
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 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 Sugar Loaf 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sugar Loaf) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sugar Loaf. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.3209, Longitude: -74.2854 In this case, the coordinates for Sugar Loaf have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Sugar Loaf 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 306.044 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.73 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.513 degrees. |