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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 Country Knolls, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Country Knolls 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 Country Knolls:
- 42.915076, -73.805121
- 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 Country Knolls
- 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 Saratoga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga County
- Since Country Knolls is near Schenectady County and also Rensselaer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schenectady County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rensselaer 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 Country Knolls
Communities Also Named Country Knolls ...
We found one communities that are also named Country Knolls.
Within New York, the name Country Knolls is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Country Knolls in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Kane 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 Illinois community of Country Knolls [Kane County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Knolls ...
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.
- Burnt Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Coons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Jonesville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Luther Forest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Luther Forest is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther Forest
- Malta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Malta Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Malta Gardens is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Gardens
- Malta Meadows
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Malta Meadows is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta Meadows
- Maltaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maltaville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maltaville
- Marvin Woods
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Marvin Woods is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Woods
- Orchard Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Orchard Park is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
- Round Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Skipper Hill Farm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Skipper Hill Farm is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipper Hill Farm
- Willow Glen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
How Far From Country Knolls 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 Country Knolls to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Country Knolls and extending to:
- Ballston Spa, which is the Seat of Saratoga County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Country Knolls to Albany, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 324 miles [521.4 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 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,596 miles [9,005.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,311 miles [10,156.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,187 miles [6,738.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Country Knolls 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Country Knolls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Country Knolls 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 Country Knolls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9151, Longitude: -73.8051 In this case, the coordinates for Country Knolls have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.563 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.449 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.552 degrees. |
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