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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 Cranberry Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cranberry Creek 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 Cranberry Creek:
- 43.155526, -74.219417
- 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 Cranberry Creek
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Cranberry Creek is near Saratoga County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Cranberry Creek
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cranberry Creek ...
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.
- Carpenters Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carpenters Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corners
- Clarkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clarkville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkville
- Edinburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fayville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fayville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville
- Fish House
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fish House is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish House
- Honeywell Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Honeywell Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeywell Corners
- Maple Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Progress
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bunch Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Red Bunch Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bunch Corners
- Riceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Riceville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Sweets Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sweets Crossing is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweets Crossing
- Union Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vail Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Vail Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail Mills
How Far From Cranberry Creek 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 Cranberry Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cranberry Creek and extending to:
- Johnstown, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cranberry Creek to Johnstown, 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.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 41 miles [66 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 328 miles [527.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,604 miles [9,018.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,320 miles [10,171.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,196 miles [6,752.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cranberry Creek) 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 Cranberry Creek 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 Cranberry Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1555, Longitude: -74.2194 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.787 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.741 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.63 degrees. |
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