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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 Greenfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Greenfield 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 North Greenfield:
- 43.164240, -73.860956
- 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 Greenfield
- 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 Saratoga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga County
- Since North Greenfield is near Warren County and also Fulton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton 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 Greenfield
Communities Also Named North Greenfield ...
We found two communities that are also named North Greenfield.
Within New York, the name North Greenfield is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Logan County
- This North Greenfield is located in Logan County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the North Greenfield that is located in Saratoga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of North Greenfield.
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee 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 Wisconsin community of North Greenfield [Milwaukee County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Greenfield ...
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.
- Birch Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Birch Run is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Run
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Heritage Manor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Heritage Manor is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Manor
- Kings
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kings is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
- Kings Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kings Station is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Station
- Lake Desolation
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Desolation is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Desolation
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Pages Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pages Corner is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
- Porter Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Randall Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Randall Corner is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Corner
- Sky Ranch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sky Ranch is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Ranch
- Wood Knolls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wood Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Knolls
How Far From North Greenfield 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 North Greenfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Greenfield and extending to:
- Ballston Spa, which is the Seat of Saratoga County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from North Greenfield to Ballston Spa, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 35 miles [56.3 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 337 miles [542.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,589 miles [8,994.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,305 miles [10,146.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,180 miles [6,727.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- North Greenfield) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 North Greenfield 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 North Greenfield 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 Greenfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1642, Longitude: -73.8610 In this case, the coordinates for North Greenfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.565 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.492 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.458 degrees. |
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