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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 Huntly Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Huntly Corners 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 Huntly Corners:
- 42.829516, -75.140161
- 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 Huntly Corners
- 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 Otsego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego County
- Since Huntly Corners is near Herkimer County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Huntly Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Huntly Corners ...
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.
- Cattown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cattown is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattown
- Cattown has also been known as:
- Cat Town
- Cedar Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Lake is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Cedarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cedarville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Cranes Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cranes Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Corners
- Days Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Days Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Corners
- Dogtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dogtown is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Elizabethtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elizabethtown is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Getman Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Getman Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Getman Corners
- Guideboard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Guideboard is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guideboard
- Hitching Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hitching Corner is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitching Corner
- Kingdom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kingdom is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom
- Leonardsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Lloydsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lloydsville is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
- Oaksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oaksville is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaksville
- Patent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Patent is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patent
- Pecktown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pecktown is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecktown
- Robinson Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Robinson Corners is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Corners
- Spinnerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spinnerville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinnerville
- Woods Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woods Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corners
How Far From Huntly Corners 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 Huntly Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Huntly Corners and extending to:
- Cooperstown, which is the Seat of Otsego County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Huntly Corners to Cooperstown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 288 miles [463.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,655 miles [9,100.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,372 miles [10,254.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,247 miles [6,834.9 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Huntly Corners) 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 Huntly Corners 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 Huntly Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8295, Longitude: -75.1402 In this case, the coordinates for Huntly Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.395 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.371 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.215 degrees. |
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