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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 Irish Settlement, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Irish Settlement 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 Irish Settlement:
- 43.152292, -75.063492
- 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 Irish Settlement
- 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 Herkimer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
- Since Irish Settlement is near Oneida County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Irish Settlement
Communities Also Named Irish Settlement ...
We found four communities that are also named Irish Settlement.
There are two communities within New York that are also named Irish Settlement.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Allegany County
- This Irish Settlement is located in Allegany County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Irish Settlement that is located in Herkimer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Irish Settlement.
- Saint Lawrence County
- This Irish Settlement is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<1> to the north of the Irish Settlement that is located in Herkimer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Irish Settlement.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Washington County
- This Irish Settlement is located in Washington County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Irish Settlement that is located in Herkimer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Irish Settlement.
- New Brunswick
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Irish Settlement.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Irish Settlement ...
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 Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Gravesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gravesville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
- Green Acres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Acres is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
- Heritage Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heritage Acres is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Acres
- Hurricane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hurricane is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Poland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Russia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Russia is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
How Far From Irish Settlement 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 Irish Settlement to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Irish Settlement and extending to:
- Herkimer, which is the Seat of Herkimer County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Irish Settlement to Herkimer, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 311 miles [500.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,638 miles [9,073.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,357 miles [10,230.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,232 miles [6,810.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Irish Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Irish Settlement 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Irish Settlement 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 Irish Settlement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1523, Longitude: -75.0635 In this case, the coordinates for Irish Settlement have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.31 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.328 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.029 degrees. |
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