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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 Youngs Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Youngs Crossing 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 Youngs Crossing:
- 42.904516, -75.078492
- 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 Youngs Crossing
- 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 Herkimer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
- Since Youngs Crossing is near Otsego County and also Oneida County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida 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 Youngs Crossing
Communities Also Named Youngs Crossing ...
We found three communities that are also named Youngs Crossing.
Within New York, the name Youngs Crossing is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Saint Johns County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Youngs Crossing [Saint Johns County].
- New Brunswick
- This Youngs Crossing lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Youngs Crossing that is located in Herkimer County.
- Tennessee
- Madison County
- This Youngs Crossing is located in Madison County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Youngs Crossing that is located in Herkimer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Youngs Crossing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Youngs Crossing ...
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.
- Cedar Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Lake is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Cedarville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Cranes Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cranes Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Corners
- Days Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Days Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Corners
- Days Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Days Rock is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Rock
- Dogtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dogtown is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Elizabethtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Elizabethtown is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Getman Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Getman Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Getman Corners
- Hitching Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hitching Corner is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitching Corner
- Jordanville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kingdom
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kingdom is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom
- Spinnerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spinnerville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinnerville
- Woods Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woods Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corners
How Far From Youngs Crossing 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 Youngs Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Youngs Crossing and extending to:
- Herkimer, which is the Seat of Herkimer County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Youngs Crossing to Herkimer, 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 68 miles [109.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,649 miles [9,091.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,366 miles [10,245.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,242 miles [6,826.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Youngs Crossing 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Youngs Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Youngs Crossing 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 Youngs Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9045, Longitude: -75.0785 In this case, the coordinates for Youngs Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.349 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.331 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.151 degrees. |
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