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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 Mohawk View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mohawk View 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 Mohawk View:
- 42.783689, -73.788454
- 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 Mohawk View
- 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 Mohawk View is near Saratoga County and also Schenectady 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 Schenectady 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 Mohawk View
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mohawk View ...
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.
- Crescent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Crescent Station
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Crescent Station is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Station
- Grays Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grays Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Corners
- Green Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Groom Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Halfmoon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Halfmoon Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Maywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Shakers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shakers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakers
How Far From Mohawk View 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 Mohawk View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mohawk View and extending to:
- Albany, which is the Seat of Albany County, lies just to the South.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies just to the south (S).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 317 miles [510.2 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Mohawk View to White House, with an average speed<3>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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,601 miles [9,013.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,315 miles [10,163 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- 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).<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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mohawk View) 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 Mohawk View 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 Mohawk View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7837, Longitude: -73.7885 In this case, the coordinates for Mohawk View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.569 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.434 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.607 degrees. |
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