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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 Vaughns Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vaughns Corners 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 Vaughns Corners:
- 43.372016, -73.564003
- 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 Vaughns Corners
- 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 Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Vaughns Corners is near Warren County and also Saratoga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga 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 Vaughns Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vaughns Corners ...
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.
- Comstock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- French Mountain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- French Mountain is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Mountain
- Glens Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Iron Furnace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Iron Furnace is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Furnace
- King Edward Knolls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- King Edward Knolls is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Edward Knolls
- Kingsbury
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kingsbury is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Lake George
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Sunnyside is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sunnyside
- Mount Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mount Hope is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Paradise Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Paradise Beach is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Beach
- Queensbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tripoli
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tripoli is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
How Far From Vaughns Corners 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 Vaughns Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Vaughns Corners and extending to:
- Hudson Falls, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 50 miles [80.5 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Vaughns Corners to Albany, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 357 miles [574.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,568 miles [8,960.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,284 miles [10,113.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,160 miles [6,694.9 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vaughns Corners) 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 Vaughns Corners 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 Vaughns Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3720, Longitude: -73.5640 In this case, the coordinates for Vaughns Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.355 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.29 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.217 degrees. |
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