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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 Newcomb, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newcomb 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 Newcomb:
- 43.969538, -74.158887
- 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 Newcomb
- 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 Essex County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex County
- Since Newcomb is near Hamilton County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Newcomb
Communities Also Named Newcomb ...
We found six communities that are also named Newcomb.
Within New York, the name Newcomb is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Lawrence County
- Although located in Lawrence County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Newcomb.
- Maryland
- Talbot County
- This Newcomb is located in Talbot County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Newcomb that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Newcomb.
- Missouri
- Carroll 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 Missouri community of Newcomb [Carroll County].
- Montana
- Silver Bow County
- This Newcomb is located in Silver Bow County and lies 1,861 miles [2,995 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Newcomb that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Silver Bow County community of Newcomb.
- New Mexico
- San Juan County
- This Newcomb is located in San Juan County and lies 1,884 miles [3,032 km]<1> to the west of the Newcomb that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Newcomb.
- Tennessee
- Campbell County
- This Newcomb is located in Campbell County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Newcomb that is located in Essex County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Newcomb.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Newcomb ...
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.
- Christian Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Christian Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Hill
- Deerland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Deerland is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerland
- Indian Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Irishtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Irishtown is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irishtown
- Long Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Minerva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pudding Hollow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pudding Hollow is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pudding Hollow
- Stillwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwater is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
How Far From Newcomb 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 Newcomb to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Newcomb and extending to:
- Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Essex County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Newcomb to Elizabethtown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 380 miles [611.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,568 miles [8,960.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,288 miles [10,119.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,164 miles [6,701.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Newcomb) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Newcomb 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Newcomb 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 Newcomb. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9695, Longitude: -74.1589 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.644 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.714 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.209 degrees. |
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