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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 Cobleskill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cobleskill 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 Cobleskill:
- 42.677858, -74.485404
- 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 Cobleskill
- 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 Schoharie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schoharie County
- Since Cobleskill is near Montgomery County and also Otsego County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego 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 Cobleskill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cobleskill ...
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.
- Bramanville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bramanville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramanville
- Clove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clove is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
- Dwelly Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dwelly Corners is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwelly Corners
- Furnaceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Furnaceville is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnaceville
- Gilbert Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert Corners is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Corners
- Greenbush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Janesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lawyersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Little York
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Little York is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Mineral Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
How Far From Cobleskill 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 village such as Cobleskill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cobleskill and extending to:
- Schoharie, which is the Seat of Schoharie County, lies just to the East.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Cobleskill to Albany, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 293 miles [471.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,634 miles [9,067 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,349 miles [10,217.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,224 miles [6,797.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cobleskill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Cobleskill 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 Cobleskill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6779, Longitude: -74.4854 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.01 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.913 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.98 degrees. |
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