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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 Scotts Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Scotts Corners 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 Scotts Corners:
    • 41.189262, -73.550680
    • 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 Scotts Corners
  • 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 Scotts Corners ...

We found four communities that share the name Scotts Corners.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Scotts Corners.

Beyond New York, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Jefferson 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 New York community of Scotts Corners [Jefferson County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Licking County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Scotts Corners [Licking County].
      • Lucas County
      • This community is historic and although located in Lucas County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Scotts Corners.
      • Mahoning County
      • This community is historic and although located in Mahoning County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Scotts Corners.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Scotts Corners ...

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.

  • Daniels Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Daniels Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Mill
    • Daniels Mill is located in Fairfield County (CT)
  • Gilbert Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilbert Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Corners
    • Gilbert Corners is located in Fairfield County (CT)
  • High Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge
    • High Ridge is located in Fairfield County (CT)
  • Horseshoe Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horseshoe Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Hill
    • Horseshoe Hill is located in Westchester County
  • Hunting Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunting Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Ridge
    • Hunting Ridge is located in Fairfield County (CT)
  • Lewisboro
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewisboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisboro
    • Lewisboro is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisboro <4>
  • Long Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
    • Long Ridge is located in Fairfield County (CT)
  • Pound Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Richards Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richards Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards Corner
    • Richards Corner is located in Fairfield County (CT)
  • Turn of River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turn of River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turn of River
    • Turn of River is located in Fairfield County (CT)
  • Vista
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
    • Vista is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <4>

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Scotts Corners and extending to:

  • White Plains, which is the Seat of Westchester County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<5> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Scotts Corners to White Plains, with an average speed<6> 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 101 miles [162.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 242 miles [389.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> 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).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,362 miles [10,238.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,238 miles [6,820.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

The official website for Westchester County: www.westchestergov.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 Scotts Corners 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Scotts Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Scotts Corners) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Scotts Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1893, Longitude: -73.5507       In this case, the coordinates for Scotts Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Scotts Corners to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.619 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.229 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.248 degrees.




 

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