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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 West Patterson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Patterson and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 West Patterson:
    • 41.510094, -73.630684
    • 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 West Patterson
  • 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
    • Since West Patterson is near Dutchess County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 West Patterson

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Patterson ...

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.

  • Deforest Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Deforest Corners is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deforest Corners
  • Farmers Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
  • Field Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Field Corners is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Corners
  • Green Haven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
  • Harmony Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Harmony Park is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Park
  • Kent Cliffs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Kent Cliffs is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cliffs
  • Kent Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kent Corners is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Corners
  • Kent Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Kent Hills is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Hills
  • Meads Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Meads Corners is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meads Corners
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Milltown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Milltown is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
    • Pecksville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Pecksville is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksville
    • Quaker Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Quaker Hill is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hill
    • Sodom
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Sodom is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodom
    • Stormville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Towners
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Towners is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Patterson and extending to:

  • Carmel, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from West Patterson to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 254 miles [408.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,646 miles [9,086.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,354 miles [10,225.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,230 miles [6,807.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Patterson) 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 West Patterson 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 West Patterson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5101, Longitude: -73.6307       In this case, the coordinates for West Patterson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.63 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.293 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.135 degrees.