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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 Greenfield Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenfield Center 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 Greenfield Center:
    • 43.128407, -73.846511
    • 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 Greenfield Center
  • 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 Greenfield Center ...

We found one communities that share the name Greenfield Center.

Within New York, the name Greenfield Center is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Greenfield Center in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Greenfield Center [Franklin County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenfield Center ...

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.

  • Birch Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Run have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Run
    • Birch Run is located in Saratoga County
  • Deer Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Run have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
    • Deer Run is located in Saratoga County
  • Evergreen Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Point
    • Evergreen Point is located in Saratoga County
  • Geyser Crest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geyser Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geyser Crest
    • Geyser Crest is located in Saratoga County
  • Greenfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
  • Heritage Manor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Manor
    • Heritage Manor is located in Saratoga County
  • Independence Square
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence Square have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Square
    • Independence Square is located in Saratoga County
  • Kings
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
    • Kings is located in Saratoga County
  • Kings Station
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Station
    • Kings Station is located in Saratoga County
  • Pages Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pages Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
    • Pages Corner is located in Saratoga County
  • Porter Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Rock City Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock City Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City Falls
    • Rock City Falls is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock City Falls <3>
  • Sky Ranch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sky Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Ranch
    • Sky Ranch is located in Saratoga County
  • Wood Knolls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Knolls
    • Wood Knolls is located in Saratoga County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Greenfield Center and extending to:

  • Ballston Spa, which is the Seat of Saratoga County, lies just to the South.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<4> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Greenfield Center 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 336 miles [540.7 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 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,589 miles [8,994.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,305 miles [10,146.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,181 miles [6,728.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Saratoga County: www.co.saratoga.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Greenfield Center 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.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenfield Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenfield Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1284, Longitude: -73.8465       In this case, the coordinates for Greenfield Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Greenfield Center 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 305.561 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.482 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.468 degrees.









 

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