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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 Springfield Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Springfield Center 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 Springfield Center:
    • 42.829261, -74.876594
    • 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 Springfield Center
  • 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 Springfield Center ...

We found one communities that share the name Springfield Center.

Within New York, the name Springfield Center is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Springfield Center in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Vermont
      • Windsor 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 Vermont community of Springfield Center [Windsor County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Springfield Center ...

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.

  • Cattown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cherry Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
    • Cherry Valley is located in Otsego County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cherry Valley <3>
  • Deck
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Edicks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Fly Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jordanville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordanville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
    • Jordanville is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jordanville <3>
  • Kingdom
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingdom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom
    • Kingdom is located in Herkimer County
  • Lentsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lentsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentsville
    • Lentsville is located in Otsego County
  • Oaksville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Paines Hollow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Pierstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierstown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierstown
    • Pierstown is located in Otsego County
  • Pleasant Brook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...

How Far From Springfield Center 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 Springfield Center to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Cooperstown, which is the Seat of Otsego County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<5> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Springfield Center to Cooperstown, with an average speed<6> 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 57 miles [91.7 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 over two days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 293 miles [471.5 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,644 miles [9,083.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,360 miles [10,235.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,236 miles [6,817.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

The official website for Otsego County: www.otsegocounty.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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Springfield Center 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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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- Springfield Center) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Springfield Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8293, Longitude: -74.8766    
<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 Springfield Center 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 306.233 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.188 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.091 degrees.




 

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