Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Yosts:
  • 42.911740, -74.458193
  • 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 Yosts

• 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 Montgomery County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Montgomery County
  • Since Yosts is near Fulton County and also Schoharie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Schoharie 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 Yosts

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yosts ...

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.

• Cook Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cook Corners is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Corners
• Currytown
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Currytown is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
• Flat Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
• Glen
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Glen is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
• Johnstown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Johnstown is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,100 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnstown <1>
• Kecks Center
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Kecks Center is located in Fulton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecks Center
• Mapletown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mapletown is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapletown
• Randall
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Randall is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
• Root Center
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Root Center is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Root Center
• Rural Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Rural Grove is located in Montgomery County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Grove

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

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

• Fonda, which is the Seat of Montgomery County, lies just to the East Northeast.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Yosts to Albany, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 308 miles [495.7 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 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,623 miles [9,049.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,340 miles [10,203.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,215 miles [6,783.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'