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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 Fort Johnson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Johnson 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 Fort Johnson:
    • 42.959160, -74.238015
    • 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 Fort Johnson
  • 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 Fort Johnson ...

We found two communities that share the name Fort Johnson.

Within New York, the name Fort Johnson is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Utah
      • Iron County
      • This Fort Johnson is located in Iron County and lies 2,053 miles [3,304 km]<1> to the west of the Fort Johnson that is located in Montgomery County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Fort Johnson.
    • Virginia
      • Henrico 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 Virginia community of Fort Johnson [Henrico County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Johnson ...

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.

  • Amsterdam
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Cranesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Crescent Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
    • Crescent Park is located in Montgomery County
  • Fort Hunter
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Hunter have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
    • Fort Hunter is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Hunter <3>
  • Hill Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Corners
    • Hill Corners is located in Fulton County
  • Manny Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manny Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manny Corners
    • Manny Corners is located in Montgomery County
  • Progress
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
    • Progress is located in Fulton County
  • Stairs Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stairs Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairs Corners
    • Stairs Corners is located in Fulton County
  • Tribes Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tribes Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribes Hill
    • Tribes Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tribes Hill <3>
  • Vail Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vail Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail Mills
    • Vail Mills is located in Fulton County

How Far From Fort Johnson 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 village such as Fort Johnson to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Fonda, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the West.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Fort Johnson to Albany, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 316 miles [508.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,612 miles [9,031.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,328 miles [10,183.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,204 miles [6,765.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Montgomery County: www.co.montgomery.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- Fort Johnson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Johnson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9592, Longitude: -74.2380       In this case, the coordinates for Fort Johnson 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Fort Johnson 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 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 Fort Johnson to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.824 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.749 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.732 degrees.




 

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