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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 Sliters, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sliters 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 Sliters:
- 42.604905, -73.606206
- 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 Sliters
- 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 Rensselaer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rensselaer County
- Since Sliters is near Albany County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albany County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Sliters
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sliters ...
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.
- Barberville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barberville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barberville
- Best
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Eagle Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eagle Mills is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Glass Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glass Lake is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass Lake
- Luther
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Mountain View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain View is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Riders Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sand Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Point is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Van Allen Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Van Allen Park is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Allen Park
How Far From Sliters 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 Sliters to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sliters and extending to:
- Troy, which is the Seat of Rensselaer County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sliters to Troy, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 312 miles [502.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,601 miles [9,013.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,314 miles [10,161.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,189 miles [6,741.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Sliters) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Sliters 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 Sliters. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6049, Longitude: -73.6062 In this case, the coordinates for Sliters have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.481 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.305 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.608 degrees. |
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