Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in East De Kalb, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East De Kalb and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for East De Kalb

• 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 East De Kalb:
  • 44.482561, -75.300490
  • 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 East De Kalb

• 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 Saint Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence County
  • Since East De Kalb is near Jefferson County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 East De Kalb

Curious and Interesting Names Near East De Kalb ...

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.

• Clare
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Clare is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
• Derbys Corners
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Derbys Corners is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derbys Corners
• Edwards
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Edwards is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
  • Estimated population in 2012: 433 people
• Flackville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Flackville is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flackville
• Kents Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Kents Corners is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Corners
• Little Bow
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Bow is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bow
• Lost Village
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lost Village is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Village
• Marshville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Marshville is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshville
• Pope Mills
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Pope Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope Mills
• Richville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Richville is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richville <1>
• Talcville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Talcville is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talcville

How Far From East De Kalb 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 East De Kalb to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East De Kalb and extending to:

• Canton, which is the Seat of Saint Lawrence County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from East De Kalb to Canton, with an average speed<3> 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 147 miles [236.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 395 miles [635.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,593 miles [9,001.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,317 miles [10,166.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,194 miles [6,749.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'