Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Stony Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stony Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Stony Hill
- 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 Hill:
- 42.594722, -73.906944
- 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 Stony Hill
- 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 Albany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Albany County
- Since Stony Hill is near Rensselaer County and also Greene County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Rensselaer County
- eBird sighting report for Greene 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Stony Hill ...
We found seven communities that share the name Stony Hill.
Within New York, the name Stony Hill is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Warren County
- This Stony Hill is located in Warren County and lies 796 miles [1,281 km]<1> to the southwest of the Stony Hill that is located in Albany County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Stony Hill.
- Manitoba
- This Stony Hill lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stony Hill that is located in Albany County.
- Missouri
- Gasconade County
- This Stony Hill is located in Gasconade County and lies 955 miles [1,536.9 km]<1> to the west of the Stony Hill that is located in Albany County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gasconade County community of Stony Hill.
- New Jersey
- Union County
- This Stony Hill is located in Union County and lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stony Hill that is located in Albany County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Stony Hill.
- North Carolina
- Wake County
- This Stony Hill is located in Wake County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Stony Hill that is located in Albany County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Stony Hill.
- Wilkes 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 North Carolina community of Stony Hill [Wilkes County].
- Ohio
- Scioto County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Scioto County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Stony Hill.
- Georgia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stony Hill ...
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.
- Beaver Dam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Dam have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Beaver Dam is located in Albany County
- Cedar Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cedar Hill is located in Albany County
- Clarksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clarksville is located in Albany County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarksville <5>
- Hartmans Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Indian Fields
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Fields have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Fields
- Indian Fields is located in Albany County
- Meadowdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- New Scotland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Scotland
- New Scotland is located in Albany County
- Normansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Normansville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
- Normansville is located in Albany County
- Spawn Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spawn Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spawn Hollow
- Spawn Hollow is located in Albany County
- Tarrytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Unionville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Albany County
- Wolf Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From Stony Hill 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 Stony Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stony Hill and extending to:
- Albany, which is the Seat of Albany County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies just to the east northeast (ENE).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 303 miles [487.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Stony Hill to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,613 miles [9,033.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,203 miles [6,764.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Stony Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Albany County: www.albanycounty.com/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Stony Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stony Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5947, Longitude: -73.9069 In this case, the coordinates for Stony Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Hill 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> | 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 Stony Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Stony Hill 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 305.666 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.512 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.751 degrees. |