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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 Mariaville Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mariaville Lake 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 Mariaville Lake:
- 42.824798, -74.128739
- 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 Mariaville Lake
- 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 Schenectady County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schenectady County
- Since Mariaville Lake is near Montgomery County and also Schoharie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schoharie 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 Mariaville Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mariaville Lake ...
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.
- Amsterdam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Braman Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Cranesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dunnsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dunnsville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnsville
- Glenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glenville Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glenville Center is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Center
- Green Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Green Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Corners
- Lost Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lost Valley is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Valley
- Manny Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Manny Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manny Corners
- Mariaville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Princetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Quaker Street
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scotch Bush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scotch Bush is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Bush
- Scotch Church
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Scotch Church is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Church
How Far From Mariaville Lake to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mariaville Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mariaville Lake and extending to:
- Schenectady, which is the Seat of Schenectady County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Mariaville Lake to Schenectady, with an average speed<3> 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 21 miles [33.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 310 miles [498.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,613 miles [9,033.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,328 miles [10,183.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,204 miles [6,765.7 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 '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- Mariaville Lake) 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 Mariaville Lake 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 Mariaville Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8248, Longitude: -74.1287 In this case, the coordinates for Mariaville Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.773 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.67 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.745 degrees. |
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