Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in White Birches, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Birches and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for White Birches

• 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 White Birches:
  • 40.967876, -73.782633
  • 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 White Birches

• 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 Westchester County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Westchester County
  • Since White Birches is near Bronx County and also Bergen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bronx County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Bergen 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 White Birches

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Birches ...

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.

• Cecil Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Cecil Park is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil Park
• Forest Knolls
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Forest Knolls is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knolls
• Fox Meadow
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Fox Meadow is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Meadow
• Greenville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenville is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
• Hartsdale
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hartsdale is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartsdale <1>
• Heath Ridge
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Heath Ridge is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Ridge
• Maplewood
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Maplewood is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
• Quaker Ridge
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Quaker Ridge is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Ridge
• Scarsdale
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Scarsdale is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,785 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scarsdale <1>
• Scarsdale Downs
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Scarsdale Downs is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale Downs
• Sun Haven
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sun Haven is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Haven
• Sunset Ridge
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Sunset Ridge is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Ridge
• Victory Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Victory Park is located in Westchester County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Park

How Far From White Birches to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as White Birches to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• White Plains, which is the Seat of Westchester County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 116 miles [186.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from White Birches to Albany, with an average speed<3>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 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 223 miles [358.9 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 5,674 miles [9,131.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,380 miles [10,267.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,257 miles [6,851 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'