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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 Day Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Day Center 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 Day Center:
- 43.307984, -74.016517
- 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 Day Center
- 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 Day Center is near Warren County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Day Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Day Center ...
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.
- Bakertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bakertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
- Carpenters Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carpenters Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corners
- Clarkville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkville
- Edinburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fourth Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fourth Lake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Lake
- Fox Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fox Hill is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Harrisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lake View is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Maple Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Overlook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Overlook is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
- Stony Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tenantville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tenantville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenantville
How Far From Day Center 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 Day Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Day Center and extending to:
- Ballston Spa, which is the Seat of Saratoga County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Day Center to Ballston Spa, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 46 miles [74 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 most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 342 miles [550.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,589 miles [8,994.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,306 miles [10,148.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,181 miles [6,728.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Day Center) 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 Day Center 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 Day Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3080, Longitude: -74.0165 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.643 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.603 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.462 degrees. |
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