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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 Howes Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Howes Landing 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 Howes Landing:
- 43.815338, -73.435953
- 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 Howes Landing
- 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 Essex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
- Since Howes Landing is near Washington County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Howes Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Howes Landing ...
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.
- Cold Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cold Spring is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Cream Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cream Hill is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Hill
- Crown Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Factoryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Factoryville is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factoryville
- Graphite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graphite is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graphite
- Indian Kettles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Kettles is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Kettles
- Ironville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ironville is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Richville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Silver Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stacy Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stacy Crossroads is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Crossroads
- Street Road
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Street Road is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street Road
How Far From Howes Landing 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 Howes Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Howes Landing and extending to:
- Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Howes Landing to Elizabethtown, with an average speed<3> 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 just over a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 387 miles [622.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,545 miles [8,923.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,263 miles [10,079.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,138 miles [6,659.5 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Howes Landing) 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 Howes Landing 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 Howes Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8153, Longitude: -73.4360 In this case, the coordinates for Howes Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.215 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.207 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.938 degrees. |
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