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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 Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Lake 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 Black Lake:
    • 44.470556, -75.658611
    • 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 Black Lake
  • 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 Black Lake ...

We found nine communities that share the name Black Lake.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Black Lake.

Beyond New York, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Sullivan County
      • This Black Lake is located in Sullivan County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the south of the Black Lake that is located in Saint Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Black Lake.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Kootenai County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Kootenai County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kootenai County community of Black Lake.
    • Michigan
      • Cheboygan County
      • This Black Lake is located in Cheboygan County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Black Lake that is located in Saint Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Black Lake.
      • Muskegon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Black Lake [Muskegon County].
      • Presque Isle 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 Michigan community of Black Lake [Presque Isle County].
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax County
      • This Black Lake is located in Colfax County and lies 1,645 miles [2,647.4 km]<1> to the west of the Black Lake that is located in Saint Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colfax County community of Black Lake.
    • Quebec
      • This Black Lake lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Black Lake that is located in Saint Lawrence County.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Black Lake lies 1,607 miles [2,586.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Black Lake that is located in Saint Lawrence County.
    • Washington
      • Stevens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Black Lake [Stevens County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Lake ...

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.

  • Butternut Bay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butternut Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Bay
  • Cedars
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedars have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
    • Cedars is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Edwardsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
    • Edwardsville is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Fernbank
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
  • Golf Side Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golf Side Gardens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf Side Gardens
  • Hillcrest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Nelson Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelson Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Corner
    • Nelson Corner is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Pope Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope Mills
    • Pope Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Ruby Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruby Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Corner
    • Ruby Corner is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Terrace Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrace Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Park
    • Terrace Park is located in Saint Lawrence County

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

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

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Saint Lawrence County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Black Lake to Canton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 157 miles [252.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 391 miles [629.3 km] to the south (S). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,608 miles [9,025.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,333 miles [10,192 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,209 miles [6,773.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

The official website for Saint Lawrence County: www.co.st-lawrence.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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Black Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Black Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4706, Longitude: -75.6586       In this case, the coordinates for Black Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Black Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Black Lake 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.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.524 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.785 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.699 degrees.




 

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