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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 Stony Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stony Creek 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 Stony Creek:
- 43.424064, -73.929461
- 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 Stony Creek
- 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 Warren County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Since Stony Creek is near Saratoga County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Stony Creek
Communities Also Named Stony Creek ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Stony Creek.
Within New York, the name Stony Creek is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- This Stony Creek is located in New Haven County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Stony Creek that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Stony Creek.
- Indiana
- LaGrange County
- This Stony Creek is located in LaGrange County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the west of the Stony Creek that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Stony Creek.
- Michigan
- Monroe County
- This Stony Creek is located in Monroe County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the west of the Stony Creek that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Stony Creek.
- Oakland County
- This Stony Creek is located in Oakland County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km] to the west of the Stony Creek that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Stony Creek.
- Washtenaw County
- This Stony Creek is located in Washtenaw County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km] to the west of the Stony Creek that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Stony Creek.
- North Carolina
- Caswell County
- This Stony Creek is located in Caswell County and lies 573 miles [922.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stony Creek that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caswell County community of Stony Creek.
- Pennsylvania
- Carbon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Stony Creek [Carbon County].
- Schuylkill County
- This Stony Creek is located in Schuylkill County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stony Creek that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Stony Creek.
- Somerset County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Stony Creek [Somerset County].
- Tennessee
- Carter County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Stony Creek [Carter County].
- Virginia
- Sussex County
- This Stony Creek is located in Sussex County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stony Creek that is located in Warren County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Stony Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stony Creek ...
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.
- Bakertown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bakertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakertown
- Beartown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beartown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Big Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Big Hollow is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hollow
- Day Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fourth Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fourth Lake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Lake
- Fullers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fullers is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Harrisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lake George
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lake View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Overlook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Overlook is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
How Far From Stony Creek 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 Stony Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stony Creek and extending to:
- Lake George, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Stony Creek to Lake George, 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 53 miles [85.3 km] to the south (S). 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 351 miles [564.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,581 miles [8,981.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,298 miles [10,135.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,174 miles [6,717.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stony Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Stony Creek 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Stony Creek 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 Stony Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4241, Longitude: -73.9295 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.574 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.545 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.365 degrees. |
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