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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 Plainfield Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plainfield Center 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 Plainfield Center:
- 42.840569, -75.174392
- 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 Plainfield Center
- 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 Otsego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego County
- Since Plainfield Center is near Herkimer County and also Oneida County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer 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 Plainfield Center
Communities Also Named Plainfield Center ...
We found one communities that are also named Plainfield Center.
Within New York, the name Plainfield Center is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Plainfield Center in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Windham 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 Connecticut community of Plainfield Center [Windham County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plainfield Center ...
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.
- Cedar Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cedar Lake is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Cedarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clayville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Days Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Days Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Corners
- Dogtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dogtown is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Elizabethtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethtown is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Greens Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Crossing is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Crossing
- Guideboard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Guideboard is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guideboard
- Hitching Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hitching Corner is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitching Corner
- Leonardsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lloydsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lloydsville is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
- Pecktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pecktown is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecktown
- Robinson Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Robinson Corners is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Corners
- Woods Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Woods Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corners
How Far From Plainfield Center 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 Plainfield Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Plainfield Center and extending to:
- Cooperstown, which is the Seat of Otsego County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Plainfield Center to Cooperstown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 72 miles [115.9 km] to the east (E). 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 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 289 miles [465.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,655 miles [9,100.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,373 miles [10,256.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,248 miles [6,836.5 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Plainfield Center 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Plainfield Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Plainfield Center 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 Plainfield Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8406, Longitude: -75.1744 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.415 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.396 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.225 degrees. |
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