Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Walden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walden and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Walden
- 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 Walden:
- 41.560270, -74.187878
- 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 Walden
- 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 Walden is near Ulster County and also Sullivan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ulster County
- eBird sighting report for Sullivan 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 Walden ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Walden.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Walden.
Beyond New York, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- This Walden lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Walden that is located in Orange County.
- Ontario
- This Walden lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Walden that is located in Orange County.
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Abbeville County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Walden [Abbeville County].
- Lexington County
- This Walden is located in Lexington County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Walden that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lexington County community of Walden.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Jefferson County
- This Walden is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,366 miles [2,198.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Walden that is located in Orange County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Walden.
- Montgomery County
- Although located in Montgomery County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Walden.
- Vermont
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Walden ...
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.
- Flint
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Fostertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fostertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostertown
- Fostertown is located in Orange County
- Galeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Kaisertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kaisertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaisertown
- Kaisertown is located in Orange County
- Little Britain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Little Britain. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Little Britain is located in Orange County
- Maybrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maybrook. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybrook
- Maybrook is located in Orange County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,652 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maybrook <6>
- Meadow Winds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Winds have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Winds
- Meadow Winds is located in Orange County
- Orange Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Pine Bush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bush
- Pine Bush is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine Bush <6>
- Red Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Rock Tavern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Tavern have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Tavern
- Rock Tavern is located in Orange County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Tavern <6>
- Wallkill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wallkill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallkill
- Wallkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallkill <6>
How Far From Walden 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 village such as Walden to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Walden and extending to:
- Goshen, which is the Seat of Orange County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Walden to Goshen, with an average speed<7> 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 78 miles [125.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 237 miles [381.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,667 miles [9,120.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,377 miles [10,262.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,253 miles [6,844.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Walden. 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Walden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Walden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5603, Longitude: -74.1879 In this case, the coordinates for Walden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Walden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Walden 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. |
| <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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Walden to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.959 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.673 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.36 degrees. |