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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 Scotch Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scotch Hill 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 Scotch Hill:
    • 42.673130, -75.064604
    • 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 Scotch Hill
  • 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 Scotch Hill is near Chenango County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chenango 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 Scotch Hill

Communities Also Named Scotch Hill ...

We found three communities that are also named Scotch Hill.

Within New York, the name Scotch Hill is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Scotch Hill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clarion County
      • This Scotch Hill is located in Clarion County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Scotch Hill that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Scotch Hill.
    • West Virginia
      • Preston County
      • This Scotch Hill is located in Preston County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<2> to the southwest of the Scotch Hill that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Scotch Hill.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Scotch Hill ...

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.

  • Cattown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cattown is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattown
    • Cattown has also been known as:
    • Cat Town
  • Chase
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Chase is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
  • Fall Bridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fall Bridge is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Bridge
  • Field Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Field Crossing is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Crossing
  • Fly Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Index
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Index is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
  • Jones Crossing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jones Crossing is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
  • Lena
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Lena is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
  • Mount Vision
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Oaksville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oaksville is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaksville
  • Patent
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Patent is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patent
  • Summit Crossing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Summit Crossing is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Crossing
  • Toddsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Toddsville is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddsville
  • Welcome
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Welcome is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome

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

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

  • Cooperstown, which is the Seat of Otsego County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Scotch Hill to Albany, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 280 miles [450.6 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 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,658 miles [9,105.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,374 miles [10,258 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,250 miles [6,839.7 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 Scotch Hill 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Scotch Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Scotch Hill 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 Scotch Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6731, Longitude: -75.0646       In this case, the coordinates for Scotch Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.367 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.314 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.251 degrees.