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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 Sunside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sunside 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 Sunside:
- 42.340362, -74.078469
- 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 Sunside
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Sunside is near Albany County and also Schoharie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albany County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schoharie 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 Sunside
Communities Also Named Sunside ...
We found two communities that are also named Sunside.
Within New York, the name Sunside is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Trumbull 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 Ohio community of Sunside [Trumbull County].
- Wyoming
- Natrona 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 Wyoming community of Sunside [Natrona County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sunside ...
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.
- Cairo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cooksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Freehold
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gayhead
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Grapeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grapeville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeville
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hensonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lambs Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lambs Corner is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
- Maplecrest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Medusa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Place Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Place Corners is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place Corners
- Result
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Result is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Result
- Round Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Sunside 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 Sunside to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sunside and extending to:
- Catskill, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sunside to Catskill, with an average speed<4> 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 27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 283 miles [455.4 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 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,631 miles [9,062.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,344 miles [10,209.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,219 miles [6,789.8 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Sunside 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sunside) 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 Sunside 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 Sunside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3404, Longitude: -74.0785 In this case, the coordinates for Sunside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.802 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.623 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.95 degrees. |
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