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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 Dumbarton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dumbarton 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 Dumbarton:
    • 43.162291, -75.661571
    • 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 Dumbarton
  • 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 Oneida County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
    • Since Dumbarton is near Madison County and also Albany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Albany 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 Dumbarton

Communities Also Named Dumbarton ...

We found four communities that are also named Dumbarton.

Within New York, the name Dumbarton is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Alameda County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Dumbarton [Alameda County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Dumbarton is located in Baltimore County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Dumbarton that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Dumbarton.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Dumbarton lies 448 miles [721 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Dumbarton that is located in Oneida County.
    • Virginia
      • Henrico County
      • This Dumbarton is located in Henrico County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Dumbarton that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Dumbarton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dumbarton ...

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.

  • Churchville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Churchville is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
  • Edgewater Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgewater Beach is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
  • Fish Creek Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fish Creek Landing is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek Landing
  • Fish Creek Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fish Creek Station is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek Station
  • Five Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Five Corners is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Greenway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Greenway is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
  • Greenway Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Greenway Corners is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Corners
  • Paradise Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Paradise Hill is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
  • Pine Crest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pine Crest is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
  • Stacy Basin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Stacy Basin is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Basin
  • Starks Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Starks Landing is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Landing
  • Willow Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Willow Place is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Place

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

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

  • Utica, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dumbarton to Utica, 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 102 miles [164.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 303 miles [487.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving 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 5,662 miles [9,112.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,382 miles [10,270.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,257 miles [6,851 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Dumbarton 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.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dumbarton) 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 Dumbarton 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 Dumbarton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1623, Longitude: -75.6616       In this case, the coordinates for Dumbarton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.681 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.747 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.308 degrees.