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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 Putnam Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Putnam Station 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 Putnam Station:
- 43.734229, -73.374838
- 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 Putnam Station
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Putnam Station is near Rutland County and also Essex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rutland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Essex 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 Putnam Station
Communities Also Named Putnam Station ...
We found one communities that are also named Putnam Station.
Within New York, the name Putnam Station is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Putnam Station in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Harvey 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 Kansas community of Putnam Station [Harvey County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Putnam Station ...
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.
- Chubbs Dock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chubbs Dock is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chubbs Dock
- Cold Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cold Spring is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Crystal Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Beach is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Beach
- Fair Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graphite
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Graphite is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graphite
- Indian Kettles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Kettles is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Kettles
- Richville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Richville is located in Addison County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
- Silver Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stacy Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stacy Crossroads is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Crossroads
- Street Road
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Street Road is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Street Road
How Far From Putnam Station 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 Putnam Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Putnam Station and extending to:
- Hudson Falls, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 31 miles [49.9 km]<3> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Putnam Station to Hudson Falls, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 76 miles [122.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 384 miles [618 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,546 miles [8,925.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,263 miles [10,079.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,139 miles [6,661.1 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 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 Putnam Station 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 '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- Putnam Station) 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 Putnam Station 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 Putnam Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7342, Longitude: -73.3748 In this case, the coordinates for Putnam Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.188 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.163 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.949 degrees. |
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