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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 Zoar, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Zoar 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 Zoar:
- 43.858676, -75.922421
- 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 Zoar
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Zoar is near Lewis County and also Oswego County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oswego 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 Zoar
Communities Also Named Zoar ...
We found fifteen communities that are also named Zoar.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Zoar.
Beyond New York, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Erie County
- This Zoar is located in Erie County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Zoar that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Zoar.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Coffee County
- This Zoar is located in Coffee County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Zoar that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Zoar.
- Connecticut
- Fairfield 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 Connecticut community of Zoar [Fairfield County].
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- This Zoar is located in Sussex County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the south of the Zoar that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Zoar.
- Georgia
- Bulloch 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 Georgia community of Zoar [Bulloch County].
- Indiana
- Dubois County
- This Zoar is located in Dubois County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Zoar that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubois County community of Zoar.
- Louisiana
- Jackson Parish
- This Zoar is located in Jackson Parish and lies 1,200 miles [1,931.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Zoar that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson Parish community of Zoar.
- Massachusetts
- Franklin County
- This Zoar is located in Franklin County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Zoar that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Zoar.
- New Mexico
- Roosevelt County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Roosevelt County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Zoar.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Zoar lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Zoar that is located in Jefferson County.
- North Carolina
- Union 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 Zoar [Union County].
- Ohio
- Tuscarawas County
- This Zoar is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Zoar that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Zoar.
- Warren County
- This Zoar is located in Warren County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km] to the west southwest of the Zoar that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Zoar.
- Virginia
- Chesterfield County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Zoar [Chesterfield County].
- Wisconsin
- Menominee County
- This Zoar is located in Menominee County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Zoar that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menominee County community of Zoar.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Zoar ...
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.
- Fields Settlement
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fields Settlement is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Settlement
- Green Settlement
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Green Settlement is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Settlement
- Honeyville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Honeyville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
- Lorraine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lyon Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
- Rodman
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sulphur Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Worth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Worth is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Worth Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
How Far From Zoar to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Zoar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Zoar and extending to:
- Watertown, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies just to the North.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Zoar to Albany, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 347 miles [558.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,644 miles [9,083.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- 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).<8>
- 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).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Zoar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Zoar 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 Zoar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Zoar 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 Zoar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8587, Longitude: -75.9224 In this case, the coordinates for Zoar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.765 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.954 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.113 degrees. |
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