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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 Hortontown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hortontown 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 Hortontown:
- 41.498704, -73.795133
- 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 Hortontown
- 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Since Hortontown is near Dutchess County and also Ulster County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ulster 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 Hortontown
Communities Also Named Hortontown ...
We found two communities that are also named Hortontown.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Hortontown.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Hortontown in the United States.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Onondaga County
- This Hortontown is located in Onondaga County and lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hortontown that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Hortontown.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Pontotoc County
- This Hortontown is located in Pontotoc County and lies 965 miles [1,553 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hortontown that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Hortontown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hortontown ...
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.
- Dennytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dennytown is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennytown
- Farmers Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Fishkill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kent Cliffs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Cliffs is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Cliffs
- Kent Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kent Hills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Hills
- Meads Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Meads Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meads Corners
- Pecksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pecksville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksville
- Stormville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Hortontown 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 Hortontown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hortontown and extending to:
- Carmel, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Hortontown to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 247 miles [397.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,653 miles [9,097.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,362 miles [10,238.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,238 miles [6,820.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Hortontown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Hortontown 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 Hortontown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4987, Longitude: -73.7951 In this case, the coordinates for Hortontown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.73 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.404 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.214 degrees. |
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