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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 Harmony Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harmony 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 Harmony Corners:
- 42.977842, -73.954740
- 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 Harmony 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 Harmony Corners is near Schenectady County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schenectady County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Harmony Corners
Communities Also Named Harmony Corners ...
We found one communities that are also named Harmony Corners.
Within New York, the name Harmony Corners is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Harmony Corners in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Wisconsin
- Marinette 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 Wisconsin community of Harmony Corners [Marinette County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harmony 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.
- Burnt Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Covered Wagon Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Covered Wagon Court is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covered Wagon Court
- Factory Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Factory Village is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Village
- Fairweather Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairweather Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairweather Corners
- Geyser Gates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Geyser Gates is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geyser Gates
- Glenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glenville Center is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Center
- Green Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Corners
- High Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- High Mills is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Mills
- Lower Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Corners
- Marvin Woods
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marvin Woods is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Woods
- Milton Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Mosherville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Park is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Park
- Rock City Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Silver Springs is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Tucker Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tucker Heights is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Heights
How Far From Harmony Corners 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 Harmony Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Harmony Corners and extending to:
- Ballston Spa, which is the Seat of Saratoga County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Harmony Corners to Albany, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 324 miles [521.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,600 miles [9,012.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,315 miles [10,163 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,191 miles [6,744.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Harmony 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Harmony Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Harmony 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 Harmony Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9778, Longitude: -73.9547 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.647 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.553 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.591 degrees. |
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