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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 Green Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Green Corners 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 Green Corners:
- 43.070630, -74.069573
- 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 Green Corners
- 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 Saratoga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga County
- Since Green Corners is near Fulton County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Green Corners
Communities Also Named Green Corners ...
We found three communities that are also named Green Corners.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Green Corners.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, .
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Schenectady County
- This Green Corners is located in Schenectady County and lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south of the Green Corners that is located in Saratoga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schenectady County community of Green Corners.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Saint Clair 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 Michigan community of Green Corners [Saint Clair County].
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Green Corners.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Green Corners ...
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.
- Fairweather Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fairweather Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairweather Corners
- Fayville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fayville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville
- Fish House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fish House is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish House
- Hill Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Corners
- Honeywell Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Honeywell Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeywell Corners
- Lake Desolation
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Desolation is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Desolation
- Mosherville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Mount Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Rock City Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stairs Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stairs Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairs Corners
- Union Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Vail Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vail Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail Mills
How Far From Green Corners 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 Green Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Green Corners and extending to:
- Ballston Spa, which is the Seat of Saratoga County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Green Corners to Ballston Spa, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 326 miles [524.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,601 miles [9,013.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,317 miles [10,166.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,192 miles [6,746.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Green Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Green Corners 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Green Corners 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 Green Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0706, Longitude: -74.0696 In this case, the coordinates for Green Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.706 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.635 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.601 degrees. |
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