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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 Davis Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Davis Corners 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 Davis Corners:
    • 41.917870, -74.210146
    • 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 Davis Corners
  • 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 Ulster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ulster County
    • Since Davis Corners is near Dutchess County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Davis Corners

Communities Also Named Davis Corners ...

We found three communities that are also named Davis Corners.

Within New York, the name Davis Corners is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Howard County
      • This Davis Corners is located in Howard County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Davis Corners that is located in Ulster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Davis Corners.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Davis Corners.
    • Wisconsin
      • Adams 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 Davis Corners [Adams County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Davis Corners ...

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.

  • Bearsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Bruceville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bruceville is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
  • Cherrytown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherrytown is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytown
  • Cold Brook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cold Brook is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Brook
  • Hickorybush
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hickorybush is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickorybush
  • High Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillside
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Hillside is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
  • Krumville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Krumville is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumville
  • Lyonsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lyonsville is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
  • Maple Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Maple Hill is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
  • Marbletown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Marbletown is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown
  • Peekamoose
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Peekamoose is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peekamoose
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Riverside Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Riverside Park is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
    • Rolling Meadows
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Rolling Meadows is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
    • Stony Hollow
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Stony Hollow is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hollow
    • Tabasco
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tabasco is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabasco

How Far From Davis Corners to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Davis Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Kingston, which is the Seat of Ulster County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Davis Corners to Kingston, with an average speed<4> 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 55 miles [88.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 256 miles [412 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,653 miles [9,097.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,365 miles [10,243.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,240 miles [6,823.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Davis Corners) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Davis Corners 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 Davis Corners 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 Davis Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9179, Longitude: -74.2101       In this case, the coordinates for Davis Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.931 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.70 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.206 degrees.