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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 Hervey Street, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hervey Street 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 Hervey Street:
- 42.345084, -74.126526
- 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 Hervey Street
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Hervey Street is near Albany County and also Schoharie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albany County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schoharie 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 Hervey Street
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hervey Street ...
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.
- Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cooksburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Freehold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gayhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hensonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lambs Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lambs Corner is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
- Maplecrest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Medusa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Settlement
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Settlement is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Settlement
- Place Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Place Corners is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place Corners
- Potter Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
- Round Top
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Hervey Street 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 Hervey Street to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hervey Street and extending to:
- Catskill, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hervey Street to Catskill, 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 28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 282 miles [453.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,633 miles [9,065.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,346 miles [10,212.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,221 miles [6,793 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hervey Street) 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 Hervey Street 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 Hervey Street. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3451, Longitude: -74.1265 In this case, the coordinates for Hervey Street have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.83 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.656 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.97 degrees. |
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