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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 Best, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Best and the surrounding area.
- 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 Best:
- 42.615706, -73.637951
- 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 Best
- 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 Rensselaer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rensselaer County
- Since Best is near Albany County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albany County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Best
Communities Also Named Best ...
We found seven communities that are also named Best.
Within New York, the name Best is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Crenshaw 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 Alabama community of Best [Crenshaw County].
- Mississippi
- Montgomery 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 Mississippi community of Best [Montgomery County].
- North Carolina
- Wayne County
- This Best is located in Wayne County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Best that is located in Rensselaer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Best.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Best.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Best [Allegheny County].
- Lehigh County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Best [Lehigh County].
- Texas
- Reagan County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Best [Reagan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Best ...
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.
- Barberville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barberville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barberville
- Cedar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Eagle Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eagle Mills is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Glass Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glass Lake is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass Lake
- Luther
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maple Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Mountain View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mountain View is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Normansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sand Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stony Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Point is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Van Allen Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Van Allen Park is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Allen Park
How Far From Best 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 Best to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Best and extending to:
- Troy, which is the Seat of Rensselaer County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 312 miles [502.1 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Best to White House, with an average speed<5>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 13 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 6,315 miles [10,163 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,190 miles [6,743.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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 Best 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Best) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Best, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Best to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Best. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6157, Longitude: -73.6380 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.499 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.327 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.618 degrees. |
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