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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 Kings, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kings 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 Kings:
- 43.150907, -73.854289
- 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 Kings
- 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 Saratoga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga County
- Since Kings is near Warren County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Kings
Communities Also Named Kings ...
We found twenty communities that are also named Kings.
Within New York, the name Kings is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of twenty communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dallas County
- This Kings is located in Dallas County and lies 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Kings that is located in Saratoga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Kings.
- Marengo County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Kings [Marengo County].
- Walker County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Kings [Walker County].
- Arkansas
- Sevier County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Kings [Sevier County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Kings is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Kings that is located in Saratoga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Kings.
- Georgia
- Newton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kings [Newton County].
- Illinois
- Coles County
- This Kings is located in Coles County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kings that is located in Saratoga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coles County community of Kings.
- Ogle County
- This Kings is located in Ogle County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km] to the west of the Kings that is located in Saratoga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Kings.
- Perry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Kings [Perry County].
- Kansas
- Labette County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Kings [Labette County].
- Kentucky
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Kings [Madison County].
- Louisiana
- Ouachita Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Kings [Ouachita Parish].
- Mississippi
- Warren County
- This Kings is located in Warren County and lies 1,184 miles [1,905.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Kings that is located in Saratoga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Kings.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Kings [Saint Louis County].
- Ohio
- Athens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Kings [Athens County].
- Oregon
- Linn County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Kings [Linn County].
- Pennsylvania
- Elk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Kings [Elk County].
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Kings [Greenville County].
- Pickens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Kings [Pickens County].
- Wisconsin
- Lincoln County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Kings [Lincoln County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kings ...
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.
- Birch Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Birch Run is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Run
- Evergreen Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Point is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Point
- Greenfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Heritage Manor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Heritage Manor is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Manor
- Kings Station
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kings Station is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Station
- Lake Desolation
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lake Desolation is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Desolation
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pages Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pages Corner is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
- Porter Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Randall Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Randall Corner is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Corner
- Rock City Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sky Ranch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sky Ranch is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Ranch
- Wood Knolls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wood Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Knolls
How Far From Kings 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 Kings to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kings and extending to:
- Ballston Spa, which is the Seat of Saratoga County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Kings to Ballston Spa, with an average speed<5> 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 34 miles [54.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 337 miles [542.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,589 miles [8,994.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,305 miles [10,146.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,180 miles [6,727.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kings) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Kings, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Kings 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Kings 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 Kings. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1509, Longitude: -73.8543 In this case, the coordinates for Kings have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.563 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.488 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.461 degrees. |
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