Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Irishtown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Irishtown and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Irishtown
- 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 Irishtown:
- 43.798953, -73.940412
- 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 Irishtown
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Essex County
- Since Irishtown is near Warren County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Warren County
- eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Irishtown ...
We found ten communities that share the name Irishtown.
Within New York, the name Irishtown is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, seven are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- New Brunswick
- This Irishtown lies 476 miles [766 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Irishtown that is located in Essex County.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Pennsylvania
- Adams County
- This Irishtown is located in Adams County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Irishtown that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Irishtown.
- Clearfield County
- This Irishtown is located in Clearfield County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km] to the southwest of the Irishtown that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Irishtown.
- Fayette County
- This Irishtown is located in Fayette County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km] to the southwest of the Irishtown that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Irishtown.
- Lancaster County
- This Irishtown is located in Lancaster County and lies 284 miles [457.1 km] to the south southwest of the Irishtown that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Irishtown.
- McKean County
- This Irishtown is located in McKean County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km] to the west southwest of the Irishtown that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Irishtown.
- Mercer County
- This Irishtown is located in Mercer County and lies 361 miles [581 km] to the west southwest of the Irishtown that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Irishtown.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Irishtown lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Irishtown that is located in Essex County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Irishtown ...
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.
- Chestertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chestertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestertown
- Chestertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chestertown <5>
- Christian Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christian Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Hill
- Christian Hill is located in Warren County
- Edwards Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwards Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Hill
- Edwards Hill is located in Warren County
- Johnsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsburg
- Johnsburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnsburg <5>
- Minerva
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Minerva is located in Essex County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Minerva <5>
- Pottersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersville
- Pottersville is located in Warren County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pottersville <5>
- Pudding Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pudding Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pudding Hollow
- Pudding Hollow is located in Essex County
- Severance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Severance is located in Essex County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Severance <5>
- Sodom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Starbuckville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starbuckville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbuckville
- Starbuckville is located in Warren County
- Stillwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stillwater have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Stillwater is located in Essex County
How Far From Irishtown 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 Irishtown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Irishtown and extending to:
- Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies 33 miles [53.1 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Irishtown to Elizabethtown, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 79 miles [127.1 km] to the south (S). 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 374 miles [601.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,566 miles [8,957.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,285 miles [10,114.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,161 miles [6,696.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Irishtown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Essex County: www.co.essex.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Irishtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Irishtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Irishtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7990, Longitude: -73.9404 In this case, the coordinates for Irishtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Irishtown 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. |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Irishtown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.531 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.559 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.188 degrees. |