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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 Spaulding Furnace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spaulding Furnace 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 Spaulding Furnace:
    • 42.027869, -73.694849
    • 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 Spaulding Furnace
  • 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
    • Since Spaulding Furnace is near Dutchess County and also Berkshire County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Berkshire 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 Spaulding Furnace

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spaulding Furnace ...

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.

  • Blue Store
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Store is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Store
  • Boston Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Boston Corner is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Corner
  • Bulls Head
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bulls Head is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Head
  • Cokertown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cokertown is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokertown
  • College Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • College Park is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
  • Hammertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hammertown is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammertown
  • Irondale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Irondale is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
  • New Forge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • New Forge is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Forge
  • Pumpkin Hollow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pumpkin Hollow is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Hollow
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Red Hook
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Red Hook Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Red Hook Mills is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hook Mills
    • Rock City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Rock City is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
    • Upper Red Hook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
    • Weed Mines
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Weed Mines is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
    • Whitehouse Crossing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Whitehouse Crossing is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Crossing

How Far From Spaulding Furnace 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 Spaulding Furnace to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spaulding Furnace and extending to:

  • Hudson, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Spaulding Furnace to Hudson, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 43 miles [69.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 278 miles [447.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,627 miles [9,055.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,214 miles [6,781.8 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- Spaulding Furnace) 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 Spaulding Furnace 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 Spaulding Furnace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0279, Longitude: -73.6948       In this case, the coordinates for Spaulding Furnace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.606 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.352 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.922 degrees.