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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 Kinderhook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kinderhook and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Kinderhook:
    • 38.369732, -78.428600
    • 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 Kinderhook
  • 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 Greene County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
    • Since Kinderhook is near Madison County and also Page County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Page 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 Kinderhook

Communities Also Named Kinderhook ...

We found eight communities that are also named Kinderhook.

Within Virginia, the name Kinderhook is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Cleburne 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 Arkansas community of Kinderhook [Cleburne County].
      • Van Buren County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Kinderhook [Van Buren County].
    • Illinois
      • Pike County
      • This Kinderhook is located in Pike County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Kinderhook that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Kinderhook.
    • Michigan
      • Branch County
      • This Kinderhook is located in Branch County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<3> to the northwest of the Kinderhook that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Branch County community of Kinderhook.
    • New York
      • Columbia County
      • This Kinderhook is located in Columbia County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<3> to the northeast of the Kinderhook that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Kinderhook.
    • Ohio
      • Pickaway County
      • This Kinderhook is located in Pickaway County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Kinderhook that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickaway County community of Kinderhook.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Kinderhook is located in Lancaster County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<3> to the northeast of the Kinderhook that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Kinderhook.
    • Tennessee
      • Maury County
      • This Kinderhook is located in Maury County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Kinderhook that is located in Greene County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Kinderhook.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kinderhook ...

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.

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Kinderhook and extending to:

  • Stanardsville, which is the Seat of Greene County, lies just to the South.
  • Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<3> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Kinderhook to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 83 miles [133.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,979 miles [9,622.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,685 miles [10,758.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,562 miles [7,341.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Kinderhook 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>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 Kinderhook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Kinderhook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Kinderhook 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 Kinderhook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3697, Longitude: -78.4286    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.74 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.326 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.495 degrees.