Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Beckers Corners:
  • 42.548651, -73.811021
  • 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 Beckers Corners

• 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 Albany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Albany County
  • Since Beckers Corners is near Rensselaer County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rensselaer County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Beckers Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beckers Corners ...

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.

• Beaver Dam
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Beaver Dam is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
• Cedar Hill
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Cedar Hill is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
• Clarksville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Clarksville is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarksville <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Clarksville
  • From Beckers Corners to Clarksville
• Deans Mill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Deans Mill is located in Greene County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Mill
• Indian Fields
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Indian Fields is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Fields
• New Scotland
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • New Scotland is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Scotland
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to New Scotland
  • From Beckers Corners to New Scotland
• Normansville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Normansville is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Normansville
  • From Beckers Corners to Normansville
• Poolsburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Poolsburg is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolsburg
• Spawn Hollow
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Spawn Hollow is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spawn Hollow
• Stony Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Stony Hill is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
• Stony Point
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Stony Point is located in Rensselaer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
• Tarrytown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Tarrytown is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrytown
• Unionville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Unionville is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville

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

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

• Albany, which is the Seat of Albany County, lies just to the North Northeast.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 303 miles [487.6 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Beckers Corners to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,611 miles [9,030 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,325 miles [10,179.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,200 miles [6,759.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'