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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 East Jefferson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Jefferson 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 East Jefferson:
- 42.503965, -74.579871
- 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 Jefferson
- 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 Schoharie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schoharie County
- Since East Jefferson is near Delaware County and also Otsego County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego 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 Jefferson
Communities Also Named East Jefferson ...
We found one communities that are also named East Jefferson.
Within New York, the name East Jefferson is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named East Jefferson in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Lincoln 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 Maine community of East Jefferson [Lincoln County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Jefferson ...
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.
- Arabia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arabia is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabia
- Breakabeen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
- Charlotteville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Eminence
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eminence is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
- Flat Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Creek is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Furnaceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Furnaceville is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnaceville
- Grand Gorge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hobart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lutheranville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lutheranville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheranville
- Owlsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Owlsville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owlsville
How Far From East Jefferson 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 Jefferson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in East Jefferson and extending to:
- Schoharie, which is the Seat of Schoharie County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from East Jefferson to Schoharie, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 280 miles [450.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,645 miles [9,084.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,360 miles [10,235.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,235 miles [6,815.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 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 East Jefferson 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- East Jefferson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 East Jefferson 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 East Jefferson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5040, Longitude: -74.5799 In this case, the coordinates for East Jefferson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.088 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.973 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.104 degrees. |
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