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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 North Chatham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Chatham 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 North Chatham:
    • 42.475183, -73.632374
    • 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 North Chatham
  • 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
    • Since North Chatham is near Rensselaer County and also Albany 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 Albany 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 North Chatham

Communities Also Named North Chatham ...

We found two communities that are also named North Chatham.

Within New York, the name North Chatham is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Barnstable County
      • This North Chatham is located in Barnstable County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the North Chatham that is located in Columbia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnstable County community of North Chatham.
    • New Hampshire
      • Carroll County
      • This North Chatham is located in Carroll County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the North Chatham that is located in Columbia County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of North Chatham.

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Chatham ...

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
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Beaver Dam is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
  • Best
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cedar Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Hill is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
  • Kinderhook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Luther
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Otter Hook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Otter Hook is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Hook
  • Poolsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Poolsburg is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolsburg
  • Riders
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Riders is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders
  • Riders Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Rock City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock City is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
  • Stony Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Stony Point is located in Rensselaer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
  • Sunnyside
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunnyside is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside

How Far From North Chatham 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 North Chatham to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Hudson, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from North Chatham to Hudson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 14 miles [22.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 304 miles [489.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,320 miles [10,171.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,195 miles [6,751.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- North Chatham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 North Chatham 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 North Chatham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4752, Longitude: -73.6324       In this case, the coordinates for North Chatham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.513 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.32 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.682 degrees.