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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 Owls Head, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Owls Head 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 Owls Head:
- 44.734493, -74.168767
- 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 Owls Head
- 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Owls Head is near Clinton County and also Saint Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence 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 Owls Head
Communities Also Named Owls Head ...
We found two communities that are also named Owls Head.
Within New York, the name Owls Head is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Knox County
- This Owls Head is located in Knox County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the east of the Owls Head that is located in Franklin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Owls Head.
- Nova Scotia
- 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 Nova Scotia community of Owls Head.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Owls Head ...
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.
- Chasm Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chasm Falls is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chasm Falls
- Constable
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cooks Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cooks Mill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Mill
- Fay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fay is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fay
- High Bank
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- High Bank is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bank
- Loon Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Loon Lake is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
- Lyon Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Merrill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Merrill is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
- Merrillsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Merrillsville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
- Mountain View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Sun
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sun is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
- Two Brooks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Two Brooks is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Brooks
- Wolf Pond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Pond is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Pond
How Far From Owls Head 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 Owls Head to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Owls Head and extending to:
- Malone, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Owls Head to Malone, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 144 miles [231.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 429 miles [690.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,538 miles [8,912.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,261 miles [10,076.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,137 miles [6,657.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Owls Head) 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 Owls Head 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 Owls Head 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 Owls Head. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7345, Longitude: -74.1688 In this case, the coordinates for Owls Head have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.545 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.731 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.837 degrees. |
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