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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 Woodbourne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woodbourne 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 Woodbourne:
    • 41.760214, -74.596837
    • 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 Woodbourne
  • 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 Woodbourne ...

We found five communities that share the name Woodbourne.

Within New York, the name Woodbourne is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Sussex County
      • This Woodbourne is located in Sussex County and lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the south of the Woodbourne that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Woodbourne.
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery County
      • This Woodbourne is located in Montgomery County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Woodbourne that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Woodbourne.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Woodbourne.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Woodbourne is located in Bucks County and lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the south of the Woodbourne that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Woodbourne.
      • Susquehanna County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Woodbourne [Susquehanna County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodbourne ...

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.

  • Curry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
    • Curry is located in Sullivan County
  • Dairyland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dairyland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
    • Dairyland is located in Ulster County
  • Divine Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine Corners
    • Divine Corners is located in Sullivan County
  • Fallsburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fallsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallsburg
    • Fallsburg is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fallsburg <4>
  • Ferndale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferndale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
    • Ferndale is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ferndale <4>
  • Grahamsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenfield Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Park
    • Greenfield Park is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenfield Park <4>
  • Harris
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Liberty
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Liberty is located in Sullivan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <4>
  • Neversink
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Unionville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Unionville is located in Sullivan County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodbourne and extending to:

  • Monticello, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Woodbourne to Albany, with an average speed<5>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 235 miles [378.2 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,676 miles [9,134.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,263 miles [6,860.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woodbourne. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sullivan County: www.co.sullivan.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 drawn from Point A (ie- Woodbourne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodbourne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7602, Longitude: -74.5968    
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Woodbourne 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.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Woodbourne 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 306.183 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.959 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.453 degrees.









 

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