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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 Gloversville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gloversville 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 Gloversville:
- 43.054240, -74.338908
- 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 Gloversville
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Gloversville is near Montgomery County and also Saratoga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Gloversville
Communities Also Named Gloversville ...
We found one communities that are also named Gloversville.
Within New York, the name Gloversville is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Gloversville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Suffolk City
- This Gloversville is located in Suffolk City and lies 443 miles [712.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Gloversville that is located in Fulton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Gloversville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gloversville ...
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.
- Cork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cork is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cork
- Fort Hunter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hill Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hill Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Corners
- Johnstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kecks Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kecks Center is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecks Center
- Peters Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peters Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Corners
- Progress
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Red Bunch Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Red Bunch Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bunch Corners
- Riceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riceville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Rockwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tribes Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Vail Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Vail Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail Mills
How Far From Gloversville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Gloversville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gloversville and extending to:
- Johnstown, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Gloversville to Albany, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 319 miles [513.4 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 19 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,613 miles [9,033.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- 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).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gloversville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Gloversville 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 Gloversville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0542, Longitude: -74.3389 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.874 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.821 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.735 degrees. |
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