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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 Cranesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cranesville 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 Cranesville:
- 42.917823, -74.134862
- 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 Cranesville
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Cranesville is near Schenectady County and also Fulton 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 Fulton 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 Cranesville
Communities Also Named Cranesville ...
We found three communities that are also named Cranesville.
Within New York, the name Cranesville is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Erie County
- This Cranesville is located in Erie County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the west of the Cranesville that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Cranesville.
- South Carolina
- Marion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cranesville [Marion County].
- West Virginia
- Preston County
- This Cranesville is located in Preston County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cranesville that is located in Montgomery County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Cranesville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cranesville ...
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.
- Amsterdam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent Park is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
- Fairweather Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairweather Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairweather Corners
- Fort Hunter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Corners
- Hill Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hill Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Corners
- Lower Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lower Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Corners
- Manny Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Manny Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manny Corners
- Mariaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mariaville Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Scotch Bush
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotch Bush is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Bush
- Scotch Church
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Scotch Church is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Church
- Stairs Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stairs Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairs Corners
How Far From Cranesville 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 Cranesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cranesville and extending to:
- Fonda, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cranesville to Fonda, with an average speed<4> 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 26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast (SE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 316 miles [508.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,610 miles [9,028.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,325 miles [10,179.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,201 miles [6,760.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Cranesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Cranesville 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Cranesville 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 Cranesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9178, Longitude: -74.1349 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.765 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.677 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.704 degrees. |
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