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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 Days Rock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Days Rock 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 Days Rock:
- 42.970349, -74.960988
- 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 Days Rock
- 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 Herkimer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
- Since Days Rock is near Otsego County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Days Rock
Curious and Interesting Names Near Days Rock ...
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.
- Deck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Deck is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck
- Edicks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Edicks is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edicks
- Elizabethtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Elizabethtown is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Getman Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Getman Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Getman Corners
- Jordanville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kingdom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kingdom is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom
- Mohawk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paines Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Paines Hollow is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Hollow
- Spinnerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spinnerville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinnerville
How Far From Days Rock 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 Days Rock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Days Rock and extending to:
- Herkimer, which is the Seat of Herkimer County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Days Rock to Albany, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 301 miles [484.4 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 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,641 miles [9,078.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,234 miles [6,814 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- Days Rock) 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 Days Rock 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 Days Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9703, Longitude: -74.9610 In this case, the coordinates for Days Rock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.268 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.251 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.066 degrees. |
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