Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in McKownville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to McKownville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for McKownville

• 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 McKownville:
  • 42.683967, -73.847623
  • 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 McKownville

• 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 Albany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Albany County
  • Since McKownville is near Schenectady County and also Rensselaer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Schenectady County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rensselaer 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 McKownville

Curious and Interesting Names Near McKownville ...

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.

• Fort Hunter
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fort Hunter is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
• Fullers
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fullers is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
• Hartmans Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
• Maywood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Maywood is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
• Meadowdale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Meadowdale is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
• Mohawk View
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mohawk View is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk View
• New Scotland
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • New Scotland is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Scotland
• Normansville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Normansville is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
• Shakers
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Shakers is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakers
• Stony Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stony Hill is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
• Unionville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Unionville is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
• Van Allen Park
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Van Allen Park is located in Rensselaer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Allen Park

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in McKownville and extending to:

• Albany, which is the Seat of Albany County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from McKownville to White House, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,607 miles [9,023.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,321 miles [10,172.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,197 miles [6,754.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'