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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 Coldbrook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coldbrook 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 Coldbrook:
    • 42.778688, -73.943735
    • 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 Coldbrook
  • 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 Schenectady County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Schenectady County
    • Since Coldbrook is near Albany County and also Saratoga 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 Saratoga 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 Coldbrook

Communities Also Named Coldbrook ...

We found seven communities that are also named Coldbrook.

There is one other community in New York that is also named Coldbrook.

Beyond New York, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Erie 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 New York community of Coldbrook [Erie County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Effingham County
      • This Coldbrook is located in Effingham County and lies 829 miles [1,334.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Coldbrook that is located in Schenectady County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Effingham County community of Coldbrook.
    • Illinois
      • Warren County
      • This Coldbrook is located in Warren County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<2> to the west of the Coldbrook that is located in Schenectady County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Coldbrook.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester 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 Massachusetts community of Coldbrook [Worcester County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Coldbrook lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Coldbrook that is located in Schenectady County.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Coldbrook lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Coldbrook that is located in Schenectady County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • This Coldbrook is located in Fayette County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Coldbrook that is located in Schenectady County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Coldbrook.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Coldbrook ...

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.

  • Aqueduct
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
  • Dunnsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dunnsville is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnsville
  • Fort Hunter
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Fort Hunter is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
  • Fullers
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Fullers is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
  • Groom Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
  • Hartmans Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
  • Hungry Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hungry Hill is located in Schenectady County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungry Hill
  • Maywood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Maywood is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
  • Mount Pleasant
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Schenectady County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Princetown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Princetown is located in Schenectady County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown

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

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

  • Schenectady, which is the Seat of Schenectady County, lies just to the North.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Coldbrook to Albany, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 312 miles [502.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,322 miles [10,174.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,197 miles [6,754.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Coldbrook 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- Coldbrook) 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 Coldbrook 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 Coldbrook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7787, Longitude: -73.9437       In this case, the coordinates for Coldbrook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.665 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.541 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.681 degrees.