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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 Elizabethtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elizabethtown 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 Elizabethtown:
    • 44.216346, -73.590451
    • 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 Elizabethtown
  • 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 Elizabethtown ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Elizabethtown.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Elizabethtown.

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

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Herkimer County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Herkimer County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Elizabethtown that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Elizabethtown.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Plumas County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Plumas County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plumas County community of Elizabethtown.
      • Shasta County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Elizabethtown [Shasta County].
    • Illinois
      • Hardin County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Hardin County and lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Elizabethtown that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Elizabethtown.
    • Indiana
      • Bartholomew County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Elizabethtown that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartholomew County community of Elizabethtown.
    • Kansas
      • Anderson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Elizabethtown [Anderson County].
      • Johnson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Elizabethtown [Johnson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Hardin County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Hardin County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Elizabethtown that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Elizabethtown.
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Elizabethtown [Colfax County].
    • North Carolina
      • Bladen County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Bladen County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Elizabethtown that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bladen County community of Elizabethtown.
    • Ohio
      • Ashland County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Ashland County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashland County community of Elizabethtown.
      • Guernsey County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Guernsey County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Elizabethtown that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Elizabethtown.
      • Hamilton County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Hamilton County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km] to the west southwest of the Elizabethtown that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Elizabethtown.
      • Seneca County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Elizabethtown [Seneca County].
      • Warren County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Elizabethtown [Warren County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Elizabethtown.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Lancaster County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Elizabethtown that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Elizabethtown.
    • South Dakota
      • Lawrence County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Elizabethtown [Lawrence County].
    • Texas
      • Denton County
      • This Elizabethtown is located in Denton County and lies 1,485 miles [2,389.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Elizabethtown that is located in Essex County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Denton County community of Elizabethtown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Elizabethtown ...

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.

  • Craterclub
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craterclub
    • Craterclub is located in Essex County
  • Crowningshield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crowningshield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowningshield
    • Crowningshield is located in Essex County
  • Deerhead
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerhead have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhead
    • Deerhead is located in Essex County
  • Grover Hills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grover Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover Hills
    • Grover Hills is located in Essex County
  • Jay
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lewis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
    • Lewis is located in Essex County
  • Mineville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineville
    • Mineville is located in Essex County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineville <5>
  • New Russia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Russia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Russia
    • New Russia is located in Essex County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Russia <5>
  • Rock Landing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Landing
    • Rock Landing is located in Addison County (VT)
  • Upper Jay
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Elizabethtown to Albany, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 408 miles [656.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,536 miles [8,909.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,255 miles [10,066.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,131 miles [6,648.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

The official website for Essex County: www.co.essex.ny.us/

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elizabethtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elizabethtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2163, Longitude: -73.5905    
<2>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 Elizabethtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Elizabethtown 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.
<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 Elizabethtown 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 305.255 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.319 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.813 degrees.




 

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