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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 Eagle Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eagle Mills 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 Eagle Mills:
    • 42.729245, -73.603728
    • 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 Eagle Mills
  • 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 Eagle Mills ...

We found seven communities that share the name Eagle Mills.

Within New York, the name Eagle Mills is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Ouachita County
      • This Eagle Mills is located in Ouachita County and lies 1,205 miles [1,939.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eagle Mills that is located in Rensselaer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita County community of Eagle Mills.
    • Michigan
      • Kent 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 Michigan community of Eagle Mills [Kent County].
      • Marquette County
      • This Eagle Mills is located in Marquette County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eagle Mills that is located in Rensselaer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of Eagle Mills.
    • North Carolina
      • Iredell County
      • This Eagle Mills is located in Iredell County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Eagle Mills that is located in Rensselaer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Eagle Mills.
    • Ohio
      • Vinton County
      • This Eagle Mills is located in Vinton County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eagle Mills that is located in Rensselaer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Eagle Mills.
    • Texas
      • Shelby County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Shelby County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Eagle Mills.
    • West Virginia
      • Doddridge 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 West Virginia community of Eagle Mills [Doddridge County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eagle Mills ...

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.

  • Barberville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barberville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barberville
    • Barberville is located in Rensselaer County
  • Best
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
    • Best is located in Rensselaer County
  • Bucks Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Corner
    • Bucks Corner is located in Rensselaer County
  • Crescent
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
    • Crescent is located in Saratoga County
  • Crescent Station
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Station
    • Crescent Station is located in Albany County
  • Factory Hollow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Factory Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Hollow
    • Factory Hollow is located in Rensselaer County
  • Glass Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glass Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass Lake
    • Glass Lake is located in Rensselaer County
  • Green Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
    • Green Island is located in Albany County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,879 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green Island <5>
  • Halfmoon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Halfmoon Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
    • Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
  • Lincolnville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincolnville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
    • Lincolnville is located in Rensselaer County
  • Luther
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
    • Luther is located in Rensselaer County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Maple Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
      • Maple Grove is located in Rensselaer County
    • Mountain View
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
      • Mountain View is located in Rensselaer County
    • Sand Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Van Allen Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Allen Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Allen Park
      • Van Allen Park is located in Rensselaer County

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

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

  • Troy, which is the Seat of Rensselaer County, lies just to the West.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Eagle Mills to Albany, with an average speed<6> 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.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 319 miles [513.4 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,596 miles [9,005.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,309 miles [10,153.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,185 miles [6,735.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

The official website for Rensselaer County: www.rensco.com/

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- Eagle Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eagle Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7292, Longitude: -73.6037       In this case, the coordinates for Eagle Mills 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Eagle Mills 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Eagle Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Eagle Mills to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.463 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.306 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.547 degrees.




 

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