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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 Black Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Brook 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 Black Brook:
- 44.458564, -73.742213
- 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 Black Brook
- 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Since Black Brook is near Essex County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Black Brook
Communities Also Named Black Brook ...
We found two communities that are also named Black Brook.
Within New York, the name Black Brook is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Brunswick
- This Black Brook lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Black Brook that is located in Clinton County.
- Nova Scotia
- 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 Nova Scotia community of Black Brook.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Brook ...
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.
- Forestdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Forestdale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Green Street
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Street is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Street
- Hawkeye
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkeye is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Jay
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Pole
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rogers is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Stevens Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stevens Landing is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Landing
- Swastika
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Swastika is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swastika
- Union Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Union Falls is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Falls
- Upper Jay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Black Brook 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 Black Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Black Brook and extending to:
- Plattsburgh, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Black Brook to Plattsburgh, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 419 miles [674.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,532 miles [8,902.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,253 miles [10,063.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,129 miles [6,645 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Black Brook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Black Brook 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Black Brook 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 Black Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4586, Longitude: -73.7422 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.315 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.428 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.766 degrees. |
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