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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 Tremont, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tremont 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 Tremont:
    • 40.849545, -73.905692
    • 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 Tremont
  • 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 Tremont ...

We found 26 communities that share the name Tremont.

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

Beyond New York, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 25 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • New York 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 Tremont [New York County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Solano 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 California community of Tremont [Solano County].
    • Georgia
      • Crisp County
      • This Tremont is located in Crisp County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<2> to the southwest of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crisp County community of Tremont.
      • Richmond 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 Georgia community of Tremont [Richmond County].
    • Illinois
      • Madison 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 Tremont [Madison County].
      • Tazewell County
      • This Tremont is located in Tazewell County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km]<2> to the west of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Tremont.
    • Indiana
      • Hamilton County
      • This Tremont is located in Hamilton County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km]<2> to the west of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Tremont.
      • Johnson County
      • This Tremont is located in Johnson County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km] to the west of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Tremont.
      • Marion County
      • This Tremont is located in Marion County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km] to the west of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Tremont.
      • Porter County
      • This Tremont is located in Porter County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km] to the west of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Porter County community of Tremont.
    • Kansas
      • Washington County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Washington County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Tremont.
    • Kentucky
      • Harlan County
      • This Tremont is located in Harlan County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Tremont.
    • Louisiana
      • Lincoln Parish
      • This Tremont is located in Lincoln Parish and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln Parish community of Tremont.
    • Maine
      • Hancock County
      • This Tremont is located in Hancock County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Tremont.
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth County
      • This Tremont is located in Plymouth County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Tremont.
      • Suffolk 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 Massachusetts community of Tremont [Suffolk County].
    • Mississippi
      • Itawamba County
      • This Tremont is located in Itawamba County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Itawamba County community of Tremont.
    • Missouri
      • Buchanan County
      • Although located in Buchanan County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Tremont.
      • Polk 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 Missouri community of Tremont [Polk County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Tremont lies 534 miles [859.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
    • Ohio
      • Cuyahoga County
      • This Tremont is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<2> to the west of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Tremont.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette 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 Tremont [Fayette County].
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Tremont is located in Schuylkill County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<2> to the west of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Tremont.
    • South Carolina
      • Darlington County
      • This Tremont is located in Darlington County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Tremont.
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Tremont is located in Blount County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Tremont that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Tremont.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax 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 Tremont [Fairfax County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tremont ...

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.

  • Esplanade Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esplanade Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esplanade Gardens
    • Esplanade Gardens is located in New York County
  • Harlem
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
    • Harlem is located in New York County
  • High Bridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
    • High Bridge is located in Bronx County
  • Hunts Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunts Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Point
    • Hunts Point is located in Bronx County
  • Kings Bridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge
    • Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County
  • Lincoln
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Lincoln is located in Westchester County
  • Throgs Neck
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throgs Neck
    • Throgs Neck is located in Bronx County
  • Unionport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionport have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionport
    • Unionport is located in Bronx County
  • University Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
    • University Heights is located in Bronx County
  • Woodlawn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Woodlawn is located in Bronx County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tremont and extending to:

  • Bronx, which is the Seat of Bronx County, lies just to the East.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Tremont to Albany, with an average speed<5>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 213 miles [342.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three 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 5,684 miles [9,147.5 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 4,267 miles [6,867.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

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 Tremont 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 from Point A (ie- Tremont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tremont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8495, Longitude: -73.9057       In this case, the coordinates for Tremont have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tremont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<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 Tremont 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 305.869 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.456 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.559 degrees.









 

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