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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 Preston Hollow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Preston Hollow 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 Preston Hollow:
    • 42.442925, -74.205750
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Preston Hollow
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Preston Hollow ...

We found one communities that share the name Preston Hollow.

Within New York, the name Preston Hollow is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Preston Hollow in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Texas
      • Dallas 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 Texas community of Preston Hollow [Dallas County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Preston Hollow ...

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.

  • Conesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
    • Conesville is located in Schoharie County
  • Cooksburg
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
    • Cooksburg is located in Albany County
  • Flat Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
    • Flat Creek is located in Schoharie County
  • Freehold
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freehold have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freehold
    • Freehold is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freehold <3>
  • Greenville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Hensonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hensonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensonville
    • Hensonville is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hensonville <3>
  • Huntersland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntersland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersland
    • Huntersland is located in Schoharie County
  • Lambs Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lambs Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
    • Lambs Corner is located in Albany County
  • Manorkill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
    • Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
  • Medusa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • North Settlement
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Settlement
    • North Settlement is located in Greene County
  • Owlsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owlsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owlsville
    • Owlsville is located in Schoharie County
  • Potter Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
    • Potter Hollow is located in Albany County

How Far From Preston Hollow 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 Preston Hollow to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Preston Hollow and extending to:

  • Albany, which is the Seat of Albany County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<4> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Preston Hollow to Albany, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 26 miles [41.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 286 miles [460.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,632 miles [9,063.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,346 miles [10,212.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,221 miles [6,793 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Preston Hollow. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Albany County: www.albanycounty.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 Preston Hollow 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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- Preston Hollow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Preston Hollow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4429, Longitude: -74.2057       In this case, the coordinates for Preston Hollow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Preston Hollow to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.867 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.713 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.96 degrees.




 

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