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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 Mills Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mills Corners 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 Mills Corners:
- 43.062445, -74.122897
- 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 Mills Corners
- 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
- Since Mills Corners is near Saratoga County and also Montgomery County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery 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 Mills Corners
Communities Also Named Mills Corners ...
We found two communities that are also named Mills Corners.
Within New York, the name Mills Corners is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Jay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Mills Corners [Jay County].
- Ontario
- This Mills Corners lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Mills Corners that is located in Fulton County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mills Corners ...
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.
- Fairweather Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairweather Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairweather Corners
- Fayville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fayville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville
- Fish House
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fish House is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish House
- Green Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Corners
- Hill Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Corners
- Honeywell Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Honeywell Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeywell Corners
- Mosherville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Red Bunch Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Red Bunch Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bunch Corners
- Stairs Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stairs Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairs Corners
- Union Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Vail Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vail Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail Mills
How Far From Mills Corners 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 Mills Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mills Corners and extending to:
- Johnstown, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mills Corners to Johnstown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 33 miles [53.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 325 miles [523 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,603 miles [9,017.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,320 miles [10,171.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,195 miles [6,751.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Mills Corners 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mills Corners) 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 Mills Corners 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 Mills Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0624, Longitude: -74.1229 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.74 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.672 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.63 degrees. |
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