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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 Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
- 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 Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction:
- 42.878941, -74.058756
- 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 Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
- 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 Schenectady County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schenectady County
- Since Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction is near Montgomery County and also Saratoga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga 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 Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction ...
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.
- Cranesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Glenville Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Glenville Center is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Center
- Green Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Green Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Corners
- Lower Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Corners
- Manny Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Manny Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manny Corners
- Mariaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mariaville Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Princetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Scotch Church
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Scotch Church is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Church
- Tucker Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tucker Heights is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Heights
How Far From Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction 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 Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction and extending to:
- Schenectady, which is the Seat of Schenectady County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction to Albany, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 315 miles [506.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,608 miles [9,025.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,324 miles [10,177.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,199 miles [6,757.6 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 '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- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction) 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 Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.723 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.623 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.687 degrees. |
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