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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 Sterlingville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sterlingville 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 Sterlingville:
- 44.103133, -75.686958
- 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 Sterlingville
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Sterlingville is near Lewis County and also Saint Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence 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 Sterlingville
Communities Also Named Sterlingville ...
We found one communities that are also named Sterlingville.
Within New York, the name Sterlingville is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Sterlingville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Oregon
- Jackson County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Sterlingville [Jackson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sterlingville ...
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.
- Douglas Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas Crossing is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Crossing
- Dutch Settlement
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dutch Settlement is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Settlement
- Evans Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fargo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fargo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Felts Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Great Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Halls Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Halls Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
- Herrings
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Herrings is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings
- Estimated population in 2017: 90 people
- Reedville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Reedville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
How Far From Sterlingville 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 Sterlingville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Sterlingville and extending to:
- Watertown, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sterlingville to Watertown, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 366 miles [589 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,624 miles [9,051 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,347 miles [10,214.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,224 miles [6,797.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sterlingville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 '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- Sterlingville) 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 Sterlingville 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 Sterlingville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1031, Longitude: -75.6870 In this case, the coordinates for Sterlingville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.587 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.795 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.886 degrees. |
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