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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 Morgan Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Morgan Hill and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Morgan Hill:
    • 41.955648, -74.110420
    • 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 Morgan Hill
  • 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 Morgan Hill ...

We found three communities that share the name Morgan Hill.

Within New York, the name Morgan Hill is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Santa Clara County
      • This Morgan Hill is located in Santa Clara County and lies 2,520 miles [4,055.5 km]<1> to the west of the Morgan Hill that is located in Ulster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of Morgan Hill.
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Morgan Hill [Buncombe County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Morgan Hill is located in Allegheny County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Morgan Hill that is located in Ulster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Morgan Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Morgan Hill ...

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.

  • Hillside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
    • Hillside is located in Ulster County
  • Jockey Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jockey Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill
    • Jockey Hill is located in Ulster County
  • Lincoln Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Lincoln Park is located in Ulster County
  • Marbletown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marbletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown
    • Marbletown is located in Ulster County
  • Riverside Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Park
    • Riverside Park is located in Ulster County
  • Rolling Meadows
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
    • Rolling Meadows is located in Ulster County
  • Sawkill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawkill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawkill
    • Sawkill is located in Ulster County
  • Stony Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hollow
    • Stony Hollow is located in Ulster County
  • Sweet Meadows
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Meadows
    • Sweet Meadows is located in Ulster County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Morgan Hill and extending to:

  • Kingston, which is the Seat of Ulster County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 51 miles [82.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Morgan Hill to Albany, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 261 miles [420 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,648 miles [9,089.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,235 miles [6,815.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Morgan Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ulster County: www.co.ulster.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Morgan Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morgan Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9556, Longitude: -74.1104       In this case, the coordinates for Morgan Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Morgan Hill 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.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Morgan Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.867 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.633 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.144 degrees.









 

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