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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 Halcottsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halcottsville 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 Halcottsville:
- 42.206910, -74.601344
- 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 Halcottsville
- 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 Delaware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Since Halcottsville is near Greene County and also Ulster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ulster 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 Halcottsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Halcottsville ...
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.
- Arena ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Big Indian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dunraven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunraven is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunraven
- Hardscrabble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hardscrabble is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardscrabble
- Highmount
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hobart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kelly Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kelly Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Corners
- Mapledale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mapledale is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapledale
- Margaretville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mosquito Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mosquito Point is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosquito Point
- Prattsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Halcottsville 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 Halcottsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Halcottsville and extending to:
- Delhi, which is the Seat of Delaware County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Halcottsville to Delhi, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 52 miles [83.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take over two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 261 miles [420 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,658 miles [9,105.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,371 miles [10,253.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,247 miles [6,834.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Halcottsville) 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 Halcottsville 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 Halcottsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2069, Longitude: -74.6013 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.136 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.978 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.251 degrees. |
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