Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Normansville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Normansville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Normansville

• 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 Normansville:
  • 42.634751, -73.795004
  • 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 Normansville

• 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 Normansville is near Rensselaer County and also Schenectady County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rensselaer 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 Normansville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Normansville ...

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.

• Beaver Dam
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Beaver Dam is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
• Best
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Best is located in Rensselaer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Best
  • From Normansville to Best
• Cedar Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Hill is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
• Hartmans Corners
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hartmans Corners
  • From Normansville to Hartmans Corners
• Luther
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Luther is located in Rensselaer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Luther
  • From Normansville to Luther
• Maywood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Maywood is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
• Mountain View
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain View is located in Rensselaer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
• New Scotland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • New Scotland is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Scotland
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to New Scotland
  • From Normansville to New Scotland
• Shakers
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Shakers is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakers
• Spawn Hollow
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Spawn Hollow is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spawn Hollow
• Stony Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stony Hill is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Hill
• Stony Point
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Stony Point is located in Rensselaer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
• Unionville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Unionville is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
• Van Allen Park
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Van Allen Park is located in Rensselaer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Allen Park

How Far From Normansville 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 community such as Normansville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Normansville and extending to:

• Albany, which is the Seat of Albany County, lies just to the Northeast.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies just to the northeast (NE).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Normansville to White House, with an average speed<2>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 12 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,607 miles [9,023.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,321 miles [10,172.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,196 miles [6,752.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'