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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 Chubbs Dock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chubbs Dock 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 Chubbs Dock:
- 43.637106, -73.434294
- 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 Chubbs Dock
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Chubbs Dock is near Rutland County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Chubbs Dock
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chubbs Dock ...
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.
- Blissville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blissville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissville
- Cold Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Spring is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Fair Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Graphite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Graphite is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graphite
- Grays Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grays Corner is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corner
- Hogtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hogtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogtown
- Indian Kettles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Kettles is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Kettles
- Iron Furnace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iron Furnace is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Furnace
- Mount Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hope is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Silver Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stacy Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stacy Crossroads is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Crossroads
How Far From Chubbs Dock 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 Chubbs Dock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chubbs Dock and extending to:
- Hudson Falls, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chubbs Dock to Hudson Falls, with an average speed<3> 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 69 miles [111 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 376 miles [605.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,552 miles [8,935.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,269 miles [10,089 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,145 miles [6,670.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Chubbs Dock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Chubbs Dock 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 Chubbs Dock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6371, Longitude: -73.4343 In this case, the coordinates for Chubbs Dock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.238 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.204 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.026 degrees. |
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