Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Menands, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Menands and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Menands
- 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 Menands:
- 42.692900, -73.723715
- 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 Menands
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Albany County
- Since Menands is near Rensselaer County and also Saratoga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Rensselaer County
- eBird sighting report for Saratoga 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 Menands ...
We found one communities that share the name Menands.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Menands.
Beyond New York.
- Communities Located In New York ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Menands ...
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.
- Best
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Crescent Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Station
- Crescent Station is located in Albany County
- Eagle Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Eagle Mills is located in Rensselaer County
- Grays Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corners
- Grays Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Green Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Green Island is located in Albany County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,879 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green Island <3>
- Halfmoon Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Luther
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Maywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Mohawk View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohawk View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk View
- Mohawk View is located in Albany County
- Mountain View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Rensselaer County
- Normansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Normansville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
- Normansville is located in Albany County
- Shakers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Van Allen Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Allen Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Allen Park
- Van Allen Park is located in Rensselaer County
How Far From Menands 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 village such as Menands to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Menands and extending to:
- Albany, which is the Seat of Albany County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies just to the southwest (SW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 314 miles [505.3 km]<4> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Menands to White House, with an average speed<5>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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,602 miles [9,015.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,316 miles [10,164.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,191 miles [6,744.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Menands: www.villageofmenands.com/
The official website for Albany County: www.albanycounty.com/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Menands 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Menands) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Menands. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6929, Longitude: -73.7237 |
| <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 Menands to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.541 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.388 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.62 degrees. |