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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 Eminence, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Eminence 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 Eminence:
    • 42.525354, -74.535424
    • 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 Eminence
  • 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 Eminence 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 Eminence

Communities Also Named Eminence ...

We found nine communities that are also named Eminence.

Within New York, the name Eminence is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Chicot County
      • This Eminence is located in Chicot County and lies 1,108 miles [1,783.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eminence that is located in Schoharie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chicot County community of Eminence.
    • Indiana
      • Morgan County
      • This Eminence is located in Morgan County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eminence that is located in Schoharie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Eminence.
    • Kansas
      • Finney County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Finney County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Finney County community of Eminence.
      • Smith 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 Eminence [Smith County].
      • Sumner 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 Eminence [Sumner County].
    • Kentucky
      • Henry County
      • This Eminence is located in Henry County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eminence that is located in Schoharie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Eminence.
    • Mississippi
      • Covington County
      • This Eminence is located in Covington County and lies 1,111 miles [1,788 km]<1> to the southwest of the Eminence that is located in Schoharie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Eminence.
    • Missouri
      • Shannon County
      • This Eminence is located in Shannon County and lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eminence that is located in Schoharie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shannon County community of Eminence.
    • Texas
      • Chambers County
      • This Eminence is located in Chambers County and lies 1,418 miles [2,282 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eminence that is located in Schoharie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Eminence.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eminence ...

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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Arabia is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabia
  • Breakabeen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
  • Charlotteville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Clove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Clove is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clove
  • Flat Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 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
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Greenbush
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
  • Lutheranville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lutheranville is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheranville
  • Mineral Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Owlsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Owlsville is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owlsville

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

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

  • Schoharie, which is the Seat of Schoharie County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Eminence to Schoharie, with an average speed<5> 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 four to five hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 40 miles [64.4 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 over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 282 miles [453.8 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,642 miles [9,079.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,357 miles [10,230.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,232 miles [6,810.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Eminence) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Eminence, 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 Eminence 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Eminence 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 Eminence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5254, Longitude: -74.5354       In this case, the coordinates for Eminence have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.059 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.943 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.074 degrees.