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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 Mooers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mooers 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 Mooers:
- 44.961549, -73.587192
- 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 Mooers
- 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Since Mooers is near Grand Isle County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand Isle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Mooers
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mooers ...
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.
- Chazy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chazy Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chazy Landing is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chazy Landing
- Covey Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Havelock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
- Henrysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Purdys Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Purdys Mill is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdys Mill
- Russeltown Flats
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woods Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Mooers 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 village such as Mooers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mooers and extending to:
- Plattsburgh, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mooers to Plattsburgh, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 454 miles [730.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,506 miles [8,861 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,228 miles [10,023 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,105 miles [6,606.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mooers) 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 Mooers 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 Mooers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9615, Longitude: -73.5872 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.145 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.321 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.436 degrees. |
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