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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 Pine Crest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Crest and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Pine Crest:
    • 43.238958, -75.622681
    • 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 Pine Crest
  • 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 Oneida County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
    • Since Pine Crest is near Albany County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Albany County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Pine Crest

Communities Also Named Pine Crest ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Pine Crest.

Within New York, the name Pine Crest is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Jefferson County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pine Crest that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Pine Crest.
    • Colorado
      • El Paso County
      • This Pine Crest is located in El Paso County and lies 1,540 miles [2,478.4 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Crest that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of Pine Crest.
    • Florida
      • Orange 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 Florida community of Pine Crest [Orange County].
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the south of the Pine Crest that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Pine Crest.
      • Harford County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Harford County and lies 256 miles [412 km] to the south of the Pine Crest that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Pine Crest.
    • Missouri
      • Texas County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Texas County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Crest that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Pine Crest.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Burlington County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Pine Crest that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Pine Crest.
    • North Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Beaufort County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the south of the Pine Crest that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Pine Crest.
    • Tennessee
      • Campbell County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Campbell County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pine Crest that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Pine Crest.
      • Carter County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Carter County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km] to the southwest of the Pine Crest that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Pine Crest.
    • Texas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,361 miles [2,190.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pine Crest that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Pine Crest.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Pine Crest is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,855 miles [2,985.3 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Crest that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Pine Crest.
    • Virginia
      • Danville City
      • This Pine Crest is located in Danville City and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pine Crest that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Pine Crest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Crest ...

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.

  • Churchville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Churchville is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
  • Dibbletown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dibbletown is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibbletown
  • Edgewater Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Edgewater Beach is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
  • Fish Creek Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Fish Creek Landing is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek Landing
  • Fish Creek Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fish Creek Station is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek Station
  • Greenway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenway is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
  • Greenway Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenway Corners is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway Corners
  • Lee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lee is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
  • Lee Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Leisure Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Leisure Village is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
  • Paradise Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Paradise Hill is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
  • Stacy Basin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Stacy Basin is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Basin
  • Starks Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Starks Landing is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Landing

How Far From Pine Crest to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pine Crest to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Crest and extending to:

  • Utica, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Crest to Utica, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 308 miles [495.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,657 miles [9,104.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,377 miles [10,262.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,253 miles [6,844.5 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 from Point A (ie- Pine Crest) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pine Crest 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 Pine Crest 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 Pine Crest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2390, Longitude: -75.6227       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Crest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.648 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.722 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.254 degrees.