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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 Otter Hook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Otter Hook 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 Otter Hook:
- 42.404250, -73.799013
- 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 Otter Hook
- 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Since Otter Hook is near Columbia County and also Albany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Otter Hook
Curious and Interesting Names Near Otter Hook ...
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.
- Climax
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coxsackie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deans Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deans Mill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Mill
- Kinderhook
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Newton Hook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Newton Hook is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Hook
- Paradise Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Paradise Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Poolsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poolsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolsburg
- Roberts Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Roberts Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Hill
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
How Far From Otter Hook 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 Otter Hook to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Otter Hook and extending to:
- Catskill, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Otter Hook to Catskill, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 295 miles [474.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,617 miles [9,039.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,205 miles [6,767.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Otter Hook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Otter Hook 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 Otter Hook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4042, Longitude: -73.7990 In this case, the coordinates for Otter Hook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.623 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.433 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.792 degrees. |
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