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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 Old Forge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Forge 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 Old Forge:
- 43.710068, -74.974341
- 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 Old Forge
- 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 Herkimer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
- Since Old Forge is near Hamilton County and also Oneida 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 Oneida 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 Old Forge
Communities Also Named Old Forge ...
We found four communities that are also named Old Forge.
Within New York, the name Old Forge is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Old Forge [Delaware County].
- Franklin County
- This Old Forge is located in Franklin County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Old Forge that is located in Herkimer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Old Forge.
- Lackawanna County
- This Old Forge is located in Lackawanna County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km] to the south southwest of the Old Forge that is located in Herkimer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Old Forge.
- Luzerne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Old Forge [Luzerne County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Forge ...
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 River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Big Moose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Big Moose is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Moose
- Eagle Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Inlet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Minnehaha
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Minnehaha is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha
- Mountain Lodge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mountain Lodge is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lodge
- Otter Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Otter Lake is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Lake
- Stillwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stillwater is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Woods Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woods Lake is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Lake
How Far From Old Forge 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 Old Forge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Old Forge and extending to:
- Herkimer, which is the Seat of Herkimer County, lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Old Forge to Herkimer, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 349 miles [561.7 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 5,612 miles [9,031.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,332 miles [10,190.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,208 miles [6,772.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 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 Old Forge 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Old Forge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Old Forge 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 Old Forge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7101, Longitude: -74.9743 In this case, the coordinates for Old Forge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.187 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.281 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.726 degrees. |
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