Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hessville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hessville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hessville
- 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 Hessville:
- 42.873962, -74.687089
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hessville
- 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Since Hessville is near Herkimer County and also Schoharie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hessville ...
We found three communities that share the name Hessville.
Within New York, the name Hessville is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Ohio
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hessville ...
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.
- Cherry Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Cherry Valley is located in Otsego County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cherry Valley <4>
- Fordsbush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Hallsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
- Hallsville is located in Montgomery County
- Leesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Leesville is located in Schoharie County
- Mapletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Marshville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshville
- Marshville is located in Montgomery County
- Salt Springville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Springville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springville
- Salt Springville is located in Montgomery County
- Sand Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Sprout Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprout Brook
- Sprout Brook is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sprout Brook <4>
- Starkville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
- Valley Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Brook
- Valley Brook is located in Montgomery County
How Far From Hessville 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 Hessville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hessville and extending to:
- Fonda, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hessville to Fonda, 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 49 miles [78.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 300 miles [482.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,634 miles [9,067 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,351 miles [10,220.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,226 miles [6,801.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hessville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Montgomery County: www.co.montgomery.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hessville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hessville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8740, Longitude: -74.6871 In this case, the coordinates for Hessville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Hessville 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Hessville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.111 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.058 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.982 degrees. |