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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 Sun Haven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sun Haven 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 Sun Haven:
- 40.923988, -73.770132
- 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 Sun Haven
- 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 Westchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Westchester County
- Since Sun Haven is near Bronx County and also Nassau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bronx County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau 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 Sun Haven
Communities Also Named Sun Haven ...
We found one communities that are also named Sun Haven.
Within New York, the name Sun Haven is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Sun Haven in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Sarasota 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 Florida community of Sun Haven [Sarasota County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sun Haven ...
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.
- Cecil Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cecil Park is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil Park
- Dunwoodie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dunwoodie is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoodie
- Fleetwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fleetwood is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
- Forest Knolls
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Forest Knolls is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knolls
- Greenhaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenhaven is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaven
- Heath Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Heath Ridge is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Ridge
- Isle of San Souci
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Isle of San Souci is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of San Souci
- Maplewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Quaker Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Quaker Ridge is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Ridge
- Residence Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Residence Park is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Residence Park
- Rosedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Scarsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Scarsdale Downs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Scarsdale Downs is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale Downs
- Sunset Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Ridge is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
- Victory Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Park is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Park
- White Birches
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- White Birches is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Birches
- Woodside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodside is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
How Far From Sun Haven 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 Sun Haven to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sun Haven and extending to:
- White Plains, which is the Seat of Westchester County, lies just to the North.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Sun Haven to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 222 miles [357.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,675 miles [9,133 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,381 miles [10,269.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,258 miles [6,852.6 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 Sun Haven 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sun Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sun Haven 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 Sun Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9240, Longitude: -73.7701 In this case, the coordinates for Sun Haven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.78 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.368 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.466 degrees. |
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