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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 Nelsonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nelsonville 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 Nelsonville:
    • 41.429090, -73.946558
    • 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 Nelsonville
  • 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 Nelsonville ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Nelsonville.

Within New York, the name Nelsonville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Franklin 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 Alabama community of Nelsonville [Franklin County].
    • Alaska
      • This Nelsonville lies 3,650 miles [5,874.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Nelsonville that is located in Putnam County.
    • Arkansas
      • Sharp County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Sharp County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Nelsonville that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sharp County community of Nelsonville.
    • Kentucky
      • Nelson County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Nelson County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Nelsonville that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Nelsonville.
    • Michigan
      • Schoolcraft 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 Michigan community of Nelsonville [Schoolcraft County].
    • Missouri
      • Marion County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Marion County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<2> to the west of the Nelsonville that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Nelsonville.
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Monmouth County and lies 92 miles [148.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Nelsonville that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Nelsonville.
    • Ohio
      • Athens County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Athens County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Nelsonville that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Nelsonville.
    • Texas
      • Austin County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Austin County and lies 1,480 miles [2,381.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Nelsonville that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Austin County community of Nelsonville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Eau Claire County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Nelsonville [Eau Claire County].
      • Portage County
      • This Nelsonville is located in Portage County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Nelsonville that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Nelsonville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nelsonville ...

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.

  • Cold Spring
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Cornwall Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornwall Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
    • Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
  • Cornwall-on-Hudson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornwall-on-Hudson came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
    • Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
  • Dennytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dennytown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennytown
    • Dennytown is located in Putnam County
  • Dutchess Junction
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutchess Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchess Junction
    • Dutchess Junction is located in Dutchess County
  • Firthcliffe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Firthcliffe have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
    • Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
  • Gilbert Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilbert Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Corners
    • Gilbert Corners is located in Putnam County
  • Groveville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groveville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
    • Groveville is located in Dutchess County
  • Highland Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Falls
    • Highland Falls is located in Orange County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,790 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland Falls <4>
  • Nelson Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelson Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Corners
    • Nelson Corners is located in Putnam County
  • Sunnybrook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnybrook have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
    • Sunnybrook is located in Putnam County

How Far From Nelsonville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Nelsonville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Carmel, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Nelsonville to Carmel, with an average speed<7> 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 85 miles [136.8 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 239 miles [384.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,662 miles [9,112.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,371 miles [10,253.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,247 miles [6,834.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>

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

The official website for Putnam County: www.putnamcountyny.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 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 Nelsonville 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nelsonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nelsonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4291, Longitude: -73.9466       In this case, the coordinates for Nelsonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Nelsonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<7>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.
<8>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 Nelsonville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.828 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.505 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.313 degrees.




 

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