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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 William Henry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort William Henry 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 Fort William Henry:
- 43.420626, -73.709285
- 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 Fort William Henry
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Fort William Henry is near Washington County and also Saratoga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga 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 Fort William Henry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort William Henry ...
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.
- Beartown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beartown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Big Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Big Hollow is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hollow
- Diamond Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fourth Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fourth Lake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Lake
- French Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- French Mountain is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Mountain
- Lake George
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lake Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Sunnyside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sunnyside
- Paradise Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Paradise Beach is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Beach
- Pilot Knob
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot Knob is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Queensbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tripoli
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tripoli is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
How Far From Fort William Henry 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 Fort William Henry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort William Henry and extending to:
- Lake George, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Fort William Henry to Albany, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 356 miles [572.9 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 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,572 miles [8,967.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,289 miles [10,121.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,164 miles [6,701.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort William Henry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 William Henry 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 Fort William Henry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4206, Longitude: -73.7093 In this case, the coordinates for Fort William Henry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.438 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.392 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.262 degrees. |
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