Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Williams Bridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Williams Bridge and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Williams Bridge
- 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 Williams Bridge:
- 40.877330, -73.866294
- 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 Williams Bridge
- 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 Bronx County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Bronx County
- Since Williams Bridge is near Westchester County and also Bergen County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Westchester County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Williams Bridge ...
We found one communities that share the name Williams Bridge.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Williams Bridge.
Beyond New York.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Westchester 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 Williams Bridge [Westchester County].
- Westchester County
Curious and Interesting Names Near Williams Bridge ...
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.
- City Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island
- City Island is located in Bronx County
- Dunwoodie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Fleetwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - High Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- High Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Hunts Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunts Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge
- Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Lincoln
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Park Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Residence Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Residence Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Residence Park
- Residence Park is located in Westchester County
- Rosedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Throgs Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throgs Neck
- Throgs Neck is located in Bronx County
- Unionport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Continue List (4 more) ...
- University Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- University Heights is located in Bronx County
- Woodlawn
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Woodside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Yonkers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
- Yonkers is located in Westchester County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200,040 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yonkers <3>
- University Heights
How Far From Williams Bridge 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 Williams Bridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Williams Bridge and extending to:
- Bronx, which is the Seat of Bronx County, lies just to the South.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<4> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Williams Bridge 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 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 216 miles [347.6 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,681 miles [9,142.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,387 miles [10,278.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,264 miles [6,862.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Williams Bridge. 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 Williams Bridge 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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- Williams Bridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Williams Bridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8773, Longitude: -73.8663 In this case, the coordinates for Williams Bridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Williams Bridge 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 305.842 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.431 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.529 degrees. |