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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 South Columbia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Columbia 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 South Columbia:
- 42.889552, -75.002316
- 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 South Columbia
- 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 Herkimer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
- Since South Columbia is near Otsego County and also Oneida County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida 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 South Columbia
Communities Also Named South Columbia ...
We found two communities that are also named South Columbia.
Within New York, the name South Columbia is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Hampshire
- Coos 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 Hampshire community of South Columbia [Coos County].
- Tennessee
- Maury 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 Tennessee community of South Columbia [Maury County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Columbia ...
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.
- Cedarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Days Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Days Rock is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Rock
- Deck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dogtown is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Edicks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabethtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabethtown is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Getman Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Getman Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Getman Corners
- Jordanville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingdom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kingdom is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom
- Paines Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Spinnerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Spinnerville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinnerville
How Far From South Columbia 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 South Columbia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in South Columbia and extending to:
- Herkimer, which is the Seat of Herkimer County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from South Columbia to Herkimer, with an average speed<4> 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 64 miles [103 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 295 miles [474.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,646 miles [9,086.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,364 miles [10,241.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,239 miles [6,822 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 South Columbia 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Columbia) 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 South Columbia 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 South Columbia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8896, Longitude: -75.0023 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.303 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.278 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.122 degrees. |
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