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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 Indian Fields, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Indian Fields and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Indian Fields:
    • 42.492778, -73.944444
    • 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 Indian Fields
  • 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 Indian Fields ...

We found two communities that share the name Indian Fields.

Within New York, the name Indian Fields is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Clark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Indian Fields [Clark County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Indian Fields lies 439 miles [706.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Indian Fields that is located in Albany County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Indian Fields ...

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.

  • Alcove
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Clarksville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Deans Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deans Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Mill
    • Deans Mill is located in Greene County
  • Grapeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grapeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeville
    • Grapeville is located in Greene County
  • Greenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lambs Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lambs Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
    • Lambs Corner is located in Albany County
  • Spawn Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spawn Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spawn Hollow
    • Spawn Hollow is located in Albany County
  • Stony Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
    • Stony Hill is located in Albany County
  • Surprise
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Tarrytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarrytown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrytown
    • Tarrytown is located in Albany County

How Far From Indian Fields 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 Indian Fields to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Indian Fields and extending to:

  • Albany, which is the Seat of Albany County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Indian Fields to Albany, 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 four to five hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 296 miles [476.4 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 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 5,619 miles [9,042.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,333 miles [10,192 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,208 miles [6,772.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Indian Fields. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Albany County: www.albanycounty.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Indian Fields 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Indian Fields) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Indian Fields. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4928, Longitude: -73.9444       In this case, the coordinates for Indian Fields have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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 Indian Fields 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 305.701 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.535 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.817 degrees.




 

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