Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Roessleville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roessleville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Roessleville

• 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 Roessleville:
  • 42.695079, -73.807066
  • 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 Roessleville

• 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 Albany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Albany County
  • Since Roessleville is near Rensselaer County and also Schenectady County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rensselaer County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Schenectady 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 Roessleville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Roessleville ...

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.

• Fort Hunter
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fort Hunter is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hunter
• Green Island
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Island is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,879 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Green Island <1>
• Halfmoon Beach
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
• Hartmans Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
• Maywood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Maywood is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
• Mohawk View
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Mohawk View is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk View
• Mountain View
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mountain View is located in Rensselaer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
• New Scotland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • New Scotland is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Scotland
• Normansville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Normansville is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
• Shakers
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Shakers is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakers
• Unionville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Unionville is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
• Van Allen Park
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Van Allen Park is located in Rensselaer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Allen Park

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Roessleville and extending to:

• Albany, which is the Seat of Albany County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies just to the southeast (SE).
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 311 miles [500.5 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Roessleville to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,605 miles [9,020.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,319 miles [10,169.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,195 miles [6,751.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'