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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 Hardscrabble, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hardscrabble 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 Hardscrabble:
- 42.322028, -74.578485
- 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 Hardscrabble
- 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 Hardscrabble is near Schoharie County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schoharie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene 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 Hardscrabble
Communities Also Named Hardscrabble ...
We found fourteen communities that are also named Hardscrabble.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Hardscrabble.
Beyond New York, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Suffolk County
- This Hardscrabble is located in Suffolk County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hardscrabble that is located in Delaware County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Hardscrabble.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- This Hardscrabble is located in Sussex County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the south of the Hardscrabble that is located in Delaware County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Hardscrabble.
- Indiana
- Madison County
- This Hardscrabble is located in Madison County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the west of the Hardscrabble that is located in Delaware County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hardscrabble.
- Mississippi
- Lawrence County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Hardscrabble [Lawrence County].
- Nevada
- Humboldt County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Humboldt County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Hardscrabble.
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- This Hardscrabble is located in Grafton County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hardscrabble that is located in Delaware County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Hardscrabble.
- Ohio
- Coshocton County
- This Hardscrabble is located in Coshocton County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Delaware County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Hardscrabble.
- Medina County
- This Hardscrabble is located in Medina County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km] to the west of the Hardscrabble that is located in Delaware County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Hardscrabble.
- Stark County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hardscrabble [Stark County].
- Trumbull County
- This Hardscrabble is located in Trumbull County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km] to the west of the Hardscrabble that is located in Delaware County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Hardscrabble.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Hardscrabble.
- Tennessee
- Cannon County
- This Hardscrabble is located in Cannon County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Delaware County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cannon County community of Hardscrabble.
- Vermont
- Windsor County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Hardscrabble [Windsor County].
- Virginia
- Highland County
- This Hardscrabble is located in Highland County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hardscrabble that is located in Delaware County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Hardscrabble.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hardscrabble ...
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.
- Bloomville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Conesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
- Flat Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Creek is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Grand Gorge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Highmount
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hobart
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kelly Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kelly Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Corners
- Margaretville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mosquito Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mosquito Point is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosquito Point
- Owlsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Owlsville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owlsville
- Prattsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Red Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Red Falls is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Falls
How Far From Hardscrabble 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 community such as Hardscrabble to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hardscrabble and extending to:
- Delhi, which is the Seat of Delaware County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Hardscrabble to Delhi, with an average speed<5> 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 47 miles [75.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 269 miles [432.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,652 miles [9,096 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,366 miles [10,245.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,242 miles [6,826.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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- Hardscrabble) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hardscrabble, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Hardscrabble 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Hardscrabble 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 Hardscrabble. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3220, Longitude: -74.5785 In this case, the coordinates for Hardscrabble have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.109 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.966 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.188 degrees. |
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