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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 Beaver River, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beaver River 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 Beaver River:
    • 43.904711, -74.910461
    • 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 Beaver River
  • 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 Beaver River ...

We found three communities that share the name Beaver River.

Within New York, the name Beaver River is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Beaver River lies 1,729 miles [2,782.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Beaver River that is located in Herkimer County.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Beaver River lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the east of the Beaver River that is located in Herkimer County.
    • Saskatchewan
      • 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 Saskatchewan community of Beaver River.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beaver River ...

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.

  • Big Moose
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Moose have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Moose
    • Big Moose is located in Herkimer County
  • Eagle Bay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Bay
    • Eagle Bay is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Bay <4>
  • Inlet
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Little Rapids
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rapids
    • Little Rapids is located in Hamilton County
  • Mountain Lodge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Lodge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lodge
    • Mountain Lodge is located in Herkimer County
  • Soft Maple
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soft Maple have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soft Maple
    • Soft Maple is located in Lewis County
  • Stillwater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
    • Stillwater is located in Herkimer County
  • Woods Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Lake
    • Woods Lake is located in Herkimer County

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

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

  • Herkimer, which is the Seat of Herkimer County, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Beaver River to Herkimer, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 103 miles [165.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 362 miles [582.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,601 miles [9,013.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,322 miles [10,174.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,198 miles [6,756 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Herkimer County: www.herkimercounty.org/

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beaver River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beaver River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9047, Longitude: -74.9105       In this case, the coordinates for Beaver River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Beaver River 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 Beaver River 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 306.123 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.241 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.603 degrees.




 

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