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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 Crescent Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crescent Park 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 Crescent Park:
    • 42.960630, -74.161519
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Crescent Park
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Crescent Park ...

We found nine communities that share the name Crescent Park.

Within New York, the name Crescent Park is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Santa Clara County
      • This Crescent Park is located in Santa Clara County and lies 2,524 miles [4,062 km]<1> to the west of the Crescent Park that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of Crescent Park.
    • Connecticut
      • New London County
      • This Crescent Park is located in New London County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the southeast of the Crescent Park that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Crescent Park.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Crescent Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,141 miles [1,836.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Crescent Park that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Crescent Park.
    • Kentucky
      • Kenton County
      • This Crescent Park is located in Kenton County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Crescent Park that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenton County community of Crescent Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden 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 New Jersey community of Crescent Park [Camden County].
    • Ontario
      • This Crescent Park lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the west of the Crescent Park that is located in Montgomery County.
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence 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 Rhode Island community of Crescent Park [Providence County].
    • Virginia
      • Chesterfield County
      • This Crescent Park is located in Chesterfield County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Crescent Park that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Crescent Park.
    • Wisconsin
      • Dane 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 Wisconsin community of Crescent Park [Dane County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crescent Park ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cranesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairweather Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairweather Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairweather Corners
    • Fairweather Corners is located in Saratoga County
  • Fort Hunter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
    • Fort Hunter is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Hunter <3>
  • Glenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Green Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Corners
    • Green Corners is located in Schenectady County
  • Hill Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Corners
    • Hill Corners is located in Fulton County
  • Honeywell Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honeywell Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeywell Corners
    • Honeywell Corners is located in Fulton County
  • Manny Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manny Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manny Corners
    • Manny Corners is located in Montgomery County
  • Scotch Church
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotch Church have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Church
    • Scotch Church is located in Montgomery County
  • Stairs Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stairs Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairs Corners
    • Stairs Corners is located in Fulton County
  • Tribes Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tribes Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribes Hill
    • Tribes Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tribes Hill <3>
  • Vail Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vail Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail Mills
    • Vail Mills is located in Fulton County

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

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

  • Fonda, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Crescent Park to Fonda, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 29 miles [46.7 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 318 miles [511.8 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,609 miles [9,026.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • 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).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,200 miles [6,759.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crescent Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Montgomery County: www.co.montgomery.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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- Crescent Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crescent Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9606, Longitude: -74.1615       In this case, the coordinates for Crescent Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Crescent Park 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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 Crescent Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.776 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.696 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.696 degrees.




 

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