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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 Greenfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Greenfield 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 South Greenfield:
    • 43.095462, -73.862303
    • 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 South Greenfield
  • 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 South Greenfield ...

We found three communities that share the name South Greenfield.

There is one other community in New York which is also named South Greenfield.

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

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Kings 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 South Greenfield [Kings County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Dade County
      • This South Greenfield is located in Dade County and lies 1,121 miles [1,804.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the South Greenfield that is located in Saratoga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dade County community of South Greenfield.
    • New Brunswick
      • This South Greenfield lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the South Greenfield that is located in Saratoga County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Greenfield ...

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.

  • Birch Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Run
    • Birch Run is located in Saratoga County
  • Deer Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
    • Deer Run is located in Saratoga County
  • Evergreen Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Point
    • Evergreen Point is located in Saratoga County
  • Factory Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Factory Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Village
    • Factory Village is located in Saratoga County
  • Geyser Crest
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geyser Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geyser Crest
    • Geyser Crest is located in Saratoga County
  • Geyser Gates
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geyser Gates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geyser Gates
    • Geyser Gates is located in Saratoga County
  • Greenfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Greenfield is located in Saratoga County
  • Heritage Manor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heritage Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Manor
    • Heritage Manor is located in Saratoga County
  • Kings
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
    • Kings is located in Saratoga County
  • Milton Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milton Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
    • Milton Center is located in Saratoga County
  • Pages Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pages Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pages Corner
    • Pages Corner is located in Saratoga County
  • Porter Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Rock City Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock City Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City Falls
    • Rock City Falls is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock City Falls <4>
  • Sky Ranch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sky Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Ranch
    • Sky Ranch is located in Saratoga County

How Far From South Greenfield to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers 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 Greenfield to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Ballston Spa, which is the Seat of Saratoga County, lies just to the South.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from South Greenfield to Albany, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 333 miles [535.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,591 miles [8,997.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,307 miles [10,150.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,183 miles [6,731.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Saratoga County: www.co.saratoga.ny.us/

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 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 Greenfield 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 '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- South Greenfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Greenfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0955, Longitude: -73.8623       In this case, the coordinates for South Greenfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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.
<6>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 Greenfield to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.575 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.492 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.492 degrees.









 

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