Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Victory Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Victory Mills and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Victory Mills

• 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 Victory Mills:
  • 43.087963, -73.594391
  • 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 Victory Mills

• 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 Saratoga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga County
  • Since Victory Mills is near Washington County and also Rensselaer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Rensselaer 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 Victory Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Victory Mills ...

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.

• Bacon Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Bacon Hill is located in Saratoga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon Hill
• Coveville
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Coveville is located in Saratoga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coveville
• Deans Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Deans Corners is located in Saratoga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans Corners
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Deans Corners
  • From Victory Mills to Deans Corners
• Gates
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Gates is located in Saratoga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
• Greenwich
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Greenwich is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
• Middle Falls
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Middle Falls is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Falls
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middle Falls <1>
• Quaker Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Quaker Springs is located in Saratoga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Springs
• Queens Court
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Queens Court is located in Saratoga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Court
• Starks Knob
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Starks Knob is located in Saratoga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Knob
• Stonegate
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Stonegate is located in Saratoga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
• Village of Victory
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Village of Victory is located in Saratoga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Victory
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 574 people
  • Village of Victory has also been known as:
  • Victory village

How Far From Victory Mills 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 Victory Mills to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Victory Mills and extending to:

• Ballston Spa, which is the Seat of Saratoga County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Victory Mills to Ballston Spa, with an average speed<3> 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 30 miles [48.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 340 miles [547.2 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 20 days.
• The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,296 miles [10,132.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,171 miles [6,712.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'