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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 Hermon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hermon 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 Hermon:
    • 44.467035, -75.230902
    • 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 Hermon
  • 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 Saint Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence County
    • Since Hermon is near Jefferson County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Hermon

Communities Also Named Hermon ...

We found five communities that are also named Hermon.

Within New York, the name Hermon is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Knox County
      • This Hermon is located in Knox County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hermon that is located in Saint Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Hermon.
    • Kentucky
      • Todd County
      • This Hermon is located in Todd County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hermon that is located in Saint Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Hermon.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Hermon is located in Penobscot County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the east of the Hermon that is located in Saint Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Hermon.
    • Ontario
      • This Hermon lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hermon that is located in Saint Lawrence County.
    • Tennessee
      • Greene 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 Tennessee community of Hermon [Greene County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hermon ...

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.

  • Clare
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Coney Island
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Derbys Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Derbys Corners is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derbys Corners
  • Edwards
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Fine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Flackville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Flackville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flackville
  • Fowler
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fowler is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
  • Fullerville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Fullerville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerville
  • Kents Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kents Corners is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Corners
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Little Bow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Bow is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bow
    • Marshville
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Marshville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshville
    • Pond Settlement
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Pond Settlement is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Settlement
    • Richville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Slab City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Slab City is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
    • Talcville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

How Far From Hermon 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 village such as Hermon to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hermon and extending to:

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Saint Lawrence County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hermon to Canton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 144 miles [231.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 395 miles [635.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,591 miles [8,997.8 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hermon) 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 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 Hermon 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 Hermon 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 Hermon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4670, Longitude: -75.2309    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.254 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.48 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.49 degrees.