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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 Upper Beechwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Upper Beechwood 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 Upper Beechwood:
- 41.777033, -74.989610
- 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 Upper Beechwood
- 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Since Upper Beechwood is near Wayne County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Upper Beechwood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Upper Beechwood ...
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.
- Basket
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Basket is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basket
- Damascus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Falls Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
- Fallsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fallsdale is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsdale
- Hazel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hazel is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
- Hilltown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hilltown is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown
- Lava
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lava is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
- Long Eddy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pea Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pea Brook is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Brook
- Priceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Priceville is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Rock Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Valley is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Valley
- Smallwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stalker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stalker is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalker
- Swan Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Upper Beechwood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Upper Beechwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Upper Beechwood and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Upper Beechwood to Monticello, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 87 miles [140 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,691 miles [9,158.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,404 miles [10,306.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,280 miles [6,888 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Upper Beechwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Upper Beechwood 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 Upper Beechwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7770, Longitude: -74.9896 In this case, the coordinates for Upper Beechwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.42 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.228 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.623 degrees. |
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